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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
10  
6
33  
2

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  
-  

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
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

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
204,000,000.00  
5
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
400.00 million  
1

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  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Standard English  

Language Position
6  
6
3  
3

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
-  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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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.

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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.

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