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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

103
0 46
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National Language

Portugal
Somalia

Second Language

United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

Similar To

Spanish and Galician Languages
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

Latin
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1921
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Olá
Hello

Thank You

obrigado
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

Como você está?
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

boa noite
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

boa Noite
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

boa Tarde
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

bom Dia
Subax wanaagsan

Please

Por Favor
Fadlan

Sorry

pesaroso
sorry

Bye

tchau
caraysiiyo

I Love You

Eu te amo
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

desculpe me
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brazilian Portuguese
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Brazil
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

204,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

European Portuguese
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Portugal
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Daman and Diu
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

4,000.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

263
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

231.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.27 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

216.00 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Português
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

Português
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

portugais
somali

German Name

Portugiesisch
Somali

Pronunciation

[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Portuguese people or portugueses
Somalis

History

Origin

3rd Century
19th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Romance
Cushitic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
No early forms

Standard Forms

Portuguese
Somali

Language Position

683
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Portuguese
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pt
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

por
som

ISO 639 2/B

por
som

ISO 639 3

por
som

ISO 639 6

por
som

Glottocode

port1283
soma1255

Linguasphere

51-AAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Portuguese and Somali Alphabets

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

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

Portuguese and Somali Speaking population

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

Portuguese and Somali Language Codes

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