Portuguese and Dutch Speaking countries

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Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Portugal

United States of America

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

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.

Spanish and Galician Languages

Latin

Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

South Africa

Asia, Europe, North America, South America

France, Germany, Indonesia

Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)

Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

German and English Languages

Portuguese vs Dutch Countries

Comparing Portuguese vs Dutch countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Portuguese and Dutch languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Portuguese is official language is whereas total number of countries where Dutch is official language is

Find if Portuguese and Dutch are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Portuguese and Dutch speaking countries will give you the presence of Portuguese and Dutch languages in different countries. Along with Portuguese vs Dutch countries, you can also compare Portuguese vs Dutch.

Portuguese and Dutch as Minority Language

In Portuguese and Dutch speaking countries you will get the countries which have Portuguese and Dutch as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Portuguese as minority language: .
Dutch as minority language: .

If you want to compare Portuguese and Dutch dialects, then you can go to Portuguese vs Dutch. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Portuguese and Dutch Regulators

Portuguese and Dutch speaking countries provide you Portuguese and Dutch regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Portuguese language.Dutch is regulated by . Also get to learn, Portuguese vs Dutch.

Portuguese and Dutch Continents

Thinking about Portuguese and Dutch continents in which Portuguese and Dutch speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Portuguese and Dutch. Most of the Portuguese speaking countries lie in . While Dutch speaking countries lie in . Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Portuguese and Dutch languages:

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The Portuguese language was derived from and is similar to whereas Portuguese language is similar to and derived from .