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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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10
Rank: 6 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Portugal
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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23
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
46
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Olá
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
obrigado
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
boa noite
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
boa Noite
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
bom Dia
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
Por Favor
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
pesaroso
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
tchau
bye
3.11 I Love You
Eu te amo
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
desculpe me
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Brazil
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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204,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Portugal
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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4,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
26
Rank: 22 (Overall)
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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231.00 million
Rank: 7 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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3.27 %
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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216.00 million
Rank: 5 (Overall)
8.30 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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15.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Português
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
portugais
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Portugiesisch
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
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6 History
6.1 Origin
3rd Century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Portuguese
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 6 (Overall)
107
Rank: 67 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
pt
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
por
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
por
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
por
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
port1283
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Portuguese and Shona Alphabets

Portuguese and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and Shona. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Portuguese and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and Shona 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 Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Portuguese and Shona Speaking population

Portuguese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Portuguese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Shona Language Codes

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