Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
National Language
Portugal
Sweden
Second Language
United States of America
Finland
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish 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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Latin
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
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Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
tacka dig
How Are You?
Como você está?
hur mår du
Good Night
boa noite
godnatt
Good Evening
boa Noite
god kväll
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
bom Dia
god morgon
Please
Por Favor
vänligen
I Love You
Eu te amo
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
desculpe me
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Dialects
Where They Speak
Brazil
Gabon
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Dialects
Where They Speak
Portugal
Georgia
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Dialects
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
France
Native Name
Português
Svenska
Alternative Names
Português
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
portugais
suédois
German Name
Portugiesisch
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
3rd Century
13th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
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Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Swedish
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
port1283
swed1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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