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Portuguese and Macedonian


Macedonian and Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
23   
5
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
obrigado   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Por Favor   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
жал (žal)   

Bye
tchau   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
portugais   
macédonien   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Macedonian   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
mac   

ISO 639 3
por   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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

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Portuguese and Macedonian Speaking population

Portuguese and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available. 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 Macedonian on Portuguese vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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