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Countries

Countries

Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

1033
0 46
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National Language

Portugal
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

United States of America
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Spanish and Galician Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1921
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

67
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Olá
Hello

Thank You

obrigado
Thank you

How Are You?

Como você está?
How are you?

Good Night

boa noite
Good Night

Good Evening

boa Noite
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

boa Tarde
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

bom Dia
Good Morning

Please

Por Favor
Please

Sorry

pesaroso
Sorry

Bye

tchau
Bye

I Love You

Eu te amo
I love you

Excuse Me

desculpe me
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brazilian Portuguese
American English

Where They Speak

Brazil
United States of America

How Many People Speak

204,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

European Portuguese
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Portugal
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Daman and Diu
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

4,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

26188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

231.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.27 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

216.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Português
English

Alternative Names

Português
English

French Name

portugais
anglais

German Name

Portugiesisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Portuguese people or portugueses
English people

History

Origin

3rd Century
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Portuguese
Standard English

Language Position

63
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Portuguese
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pt
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

por
eng

ISO 639 2/B

por
eng

ISO 639 3

por
eng

ISO 639 6

por
engs

Glottocode

port1283
stan1293

Linguasphere

51-AAA-a
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Portuguese and English Alphabets

Portuguese and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and English. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Portuguese and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and English languages. The Portuguese phonology consist Portuguese vowels and Portuguese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Portuguese greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Portuguese and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Portuguese and English Speaking population

Portuguese and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and English languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Portuguese vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and English Language Codes

Portuguese and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.