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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

101
0 46
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National Language

Portugal
Wales

Second Language

United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Welsh Language Commissioner

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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.

Similar To

Spanish and Galician Languages
English Language

Derived From

Latin
British Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2329
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

97
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1921
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Olá
Helô

Thank You

obrigado
Diolch

How Are You?

Como você está?
Sut ydych chi?

Good Night

boa noite
Nos da

Good Evening

boa Noite
Noswaith dda

Good Afternoon

boa Tarde
P'nawn da

Good Morning

bom Dia
Bore da

Please

Por Favor
os gwelwch yn dda

Sorry

pesaroso
Mae'n ddrwg gennym

Bye

tchau
Hwyl

I Love You

Eu te amo
Dw i'n dy garu di

Excuse Me

desculpe me
Esgusodwch fi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brazilian Portuguese
Patagonian Welsh

Where They Speak

Brazil
Argentina

How Many People Speak

204,000,000.0038,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

European Portuguese
Y Wyndodeg

Where They Speak

Portugal
Gwynedd

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Y Bowyseg

Where They Speak

Daman and Diu
Powys

How Many People Speak

4,000.00700,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

268
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

231.00 million7.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.27 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

216.00 million7.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Português
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg

Alternative Names

Português
Cymraeg

French Name

portugais
gallois

German Name

Portugiesisch
Kymrisch

Pronunciation

[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]

Ethnicity

Portuguese people or portugueses
Welsh people

History

Origin

3rd Century
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Celtic

Branch

-
Brythonic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh

Standard Forms

Portuguese
Welsh

Language Position

631
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Portuguese
Welsh Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pt
cy

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

por
cym

ISO 639 2/B

por
wel

ISO 639 3

por
cym

ISO 639 6

por
cym

Glottocode

port1283
wels1247

Linguasphere

51-AAA-a
50-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Portuguese and Welsh Alphabets

Portuguese and Welsh Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and Welsh. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Portuguese and Welsh languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and Welsh are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Portuguese and Welsh Speaking population

Portuguese and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 %. 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 Welsh on Portuguese vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Welsh Language Codes

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