Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Portugal
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
obrigado
Asante
How Are You?
Como você está?
Habari gani?
Good Night
boa noite
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
boa Noite
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
bom Dia
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Por Favor
tafadhali
I Love You
Eu te amo
nakupenda
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Samahani
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Brazil
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Portugal
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Kilwa
Native Name
Português
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Português
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
portugais
swahili
German Name
Portugiesisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
3rd Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Swahili
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
port1283
swah1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Portuguese and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Portuguese and Swahili Speaking population
Portuguese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Portuguese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Portuguese and Swahili Language Codes
Portuguese and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.