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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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10
Rank: 6 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Portugal
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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1.8 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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
23
Rank: 5 (Overall)
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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9
Rank: 6 (Overall)
10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
43
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Olá
Molo
3.2 Thank You
obrigado
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
boa noite
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
boa Noite
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
bom Dia
Molo
3.8 Please
Por Favor
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
pesaroso
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
tchau
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
Eu te amo
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
desculpe me
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Brazil
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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204,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Portugal
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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4,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
26
Rank: 22 (Overall)
9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
231.00 million
Rank: 7 (Overall)
20.00 million
Rank: 42 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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3.27 %
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0.11 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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216.00 million
Rank: 5 (Overall)
8.20 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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15.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall)
11.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Português
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
portugais
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Portugiesisch
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
3rd Century
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Portuguese
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
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6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
pt
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
por
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
por
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
por
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
port1283
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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Portuguese and Xhosa Alphabets

Portuguese and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and Xhosa. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Portuguese and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Portuguese and Xhosa Speaking population

Portuguese and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Portuguese vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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