Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
101
0
46
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National Language
Portugal
Vietnam
Second Language
United States of America
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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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.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Latin
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2337
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
912
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1921
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Olá
Xin chào
Thank You
obrigado
Cam on
How Are You?
Como você está?
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
boa noite
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
boa Noite
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
bom Dia
Chào buổi sáng
Please
Por Favor
xin vui lòng
Sorry
pesaroso
Xin lỗi
Bye
tchau
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Eu te amo
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Brazil
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Portugal
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
4,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
265
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.27 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
216.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Português
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Português
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
portugais
vietnamien
German Name
Portugiesisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
3rd Century
c. 1440
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
614
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
pt
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
por
vie
ISO 639 2/B
por
vie
ISO 639 3
por
vie
ISO 639 6
por
vie
Glottocode
port1283
viet1252
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating