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Countries

Countries

Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

1046
0 46
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National Language

Portugal
Spain

Second Language

United States of America
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Spanish and Galician Languages
French Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2327
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1922
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
hola

Thank You

obrigado
Gracias

How Are You?

Como você está?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

boa noite
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

boa Noite
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

boa Tarde
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

bom Dia
Buenos Días

Please

Por Favor
Por Favor

Sorry

pesaroso
triste

Bye

tchau
adiós

I Love You

Eu te amo
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

desculpe me
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brazilian Portuguese
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Brazil
Mexico

How Many People Speak

204,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

European Portuguese
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Portugal
Cuba

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Daman and Diu
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

4,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2621
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

231.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.27 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

216.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Português
Español

Alternative Names

Português
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

portugais
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Portugiesisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Portuguese people or portugueses
Spanish people

History

Origin

3rd Century
210 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Portuguese
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

62
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Portuguese
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pt
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

por
spa

ISO 639 2/B

por
spa

ISO 639 3

por
spa

ISO 639 6

por
spa

Glottocode

port1283
stan1288

Linguasphere

51-AAA-a
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Portuguese and Spanish Alphabets

Portuguese and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and Spanish. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Portuguese and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Portuguese and Spanish Speaking population

Portuguese and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Portuguese vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Spanish Language Codes

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