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Portuguese and Norwegian

Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

101
0 46
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National Language

Portugal
Norway

Second Language

United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe, South America

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

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.
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.

Similar To

Spanish and Galician Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2329
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

99
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

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Olá
hallo

Thank You

obrigado
takk

How Are You?

Como você está?
hvordan har du det?

Good Night

boa noite
god natt

Good Evening

boa Noite
god kveld

Good Afternoon

boa Tarde
god ettermiddag

Good Morning

bom Dia
god morgen

Please

Por Favor
Vær så snill

Sorry

pesaroso
unnskyld

Bye

tchau
ha det

I Love You

Eu te amo
Jeg Elsker Deg

Excuse Me

desculpe me
unnskyld meg

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brazilian Portuguese
Jamtlandic

Where They Speak

Brazil
Jamtland,Harjedalen

How Many People Speak

204,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

European Portuguese
Sognamål

Where They Speak

Portugal
Sogn

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Hallingmål-Valdris

Where They Speak

Daman and Diu
Hallingdal, Valdres

How Many People Speak

4,000.005,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2619
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

231.00 million5.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.27 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

216.00 million5.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Português
Norsk

Alternative Names

Português
Norsk

French Name

portugais
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien

German Name

Portugiesisch
Nynorsk

Pronunciation

[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)

Ethnicity

Portuguese people or portugueses
Norwegians

History

Origin

3rd Century
c. 1300 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Germanic

Branch

-
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian

Standard Forms

Portuguese
Nynorsk, Bokmål

Language Position

618
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Portuguese
Signed Norwegian

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

pt
no

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

por
nor

ISO 639 2/B

por
nor

ISO 639 3

por
nor

ISO 639 6

por
nor

Glottocode

port1283
norw1258

Linguasphere

51-AAA-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Portuguese and Norwegian Alphabets

Portuguese and Norwegian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and Norwegian. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Norwegian Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Portuguese and Norwegian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and Norwegian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Portuguese and Norwegian Speaking population

Portuguese and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Portuguese vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Norwegian Language Codes

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