Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
National Language
Portugal
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
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.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Latin
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
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Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
Mange tak
How Are You?
Como você está?
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
boa noite
God nat
Good Evening
boa Noite
God aften
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
bom Dia
God morgen
I Love You
Eu te amo
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Scanian
Where They Speak
Brazil
Sweden
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Portugal
Denmark
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Island of Bornholm
Native Name
Português
dansk
Alternative Names
Português
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
portugais
danois
German Name
Portugiesisch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Danish people or Danes
Origin
3rd Century
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Rigsdansk
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
port1283
dani1284
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional
All Portuguese and Danish 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 Danish dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Portuguese and Danish Speaking population
Portuguese and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Portuguese vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Portuguese and Danish Language Codes
Portuguese and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.