Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
Portugal
Austria
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Latin
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
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Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Como você está?
kako si
Good Night
boa noite
laku noć
Good Evening
boa Noite
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
dobar dan
Good Morning
bom Dia
dobro jutro
I Love You
Eu te amo
Volim te
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Brazil
Croatia
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Portugal
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Native Name
Português
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Português
Hrvatski
French Name
portugais
croate
German Name
Portugiesisch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Croats
Origin
3rd Century
9th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
croa1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Portuguese and Croatian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Portuguese and Croatian Speaking population
Portuguese and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Portuguese and Croatian on Portuguese vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Portuguese and Croatian Language Codes
Portuguese and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.