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Tagalog and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Philippines  

Second Language
United States of America  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Kamusta  

Thank You
obrigado  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
boa noite  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
Por Favor  
pakiusap  

Sorry
pesaroso  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
tchau  
Paálam  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
Português  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Português  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
portugais  
tagalog  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Filipino  

Language Position
6  
6
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
por  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
por  
tgl  

Glottocode
port1283  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Portuguese and Tagalog Speaking population

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

Portuguese and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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