Countries
Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
106
0
46
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National Language
Portugal
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
United States of America
Spain
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1923
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Olá
Hola
Thank You
obrigado
Gràcies
How Are You?
Como você está?
Com estàs?
Good Night
boa noite
Bona nit
Good Evening
boa Noite
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Bona tarda
Good Morning
bom Dia
Bon dia
Please
Por Favor
Sisplau
Sorry
pesaroso
Perdó!
Bye
tchau
Adéu
I Love You
Eu te amo
T'estimo
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Caló
Where They Speak
Brazil
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Valencian
Where They Speak
Portugal
Spain
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Spain
How Many People Speak
4,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
268
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.27 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
216.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Português
català
Alternative Names
Português
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
portugais
catalan; valencien
German Name
Portugiesisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Catalan people
History
Origin
3rd Century
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
632
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
pt
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
por
cat
ISO 639 2/B
por
cat
ISO 639 3
por
cat
ISO 639 6
por
cat
Glottocode
port1283
stan1289
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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-