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Countries

Countries

Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

1032
0 46
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National Language

Portugal
France

Second Language

United States of America
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Spanish and Galician Languages
Italian Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

96
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1920
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Olá
bonjour

Thank You

obrigado
Merci

How Are You?

Como você está?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

boa noite
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

boa Noite
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

boa Tarde
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

bom Dia
Bonjour

Please

Por Favor
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

pesaroso
désolé

Bye

tchau
au revoir

I Love You

Eu te amo
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

desculpe me
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brazilian Portuguese
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Brazil
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

204,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

European Portuguese
African French

Where They Speak

Portugal
Africa

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Daman and Diu
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

4,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2625
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

231.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.27 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

216.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Português
français

Alternative Names

Português
Français

French Name

portugais
français

German Name

Portugiesisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Portuguese people or portugueses
French people

History

Origin

3rd Century
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Portuguese
Standard French

Language Position

613
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Portuguese
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pt
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

por
fra

ISO 639 2/B

por
fre

ISO 639 3

por
fra

ISO 639 6

por
fras

Glottocode

port1283
stan1290

Linguasphere

51-AAA-a
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Portuguese and French Alphabets

Portuguese and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and French. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Portuguese and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Portuguese and French Speaking population

Portuguese and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and French languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Portuguese vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and French Language Codes

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