Countries
Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
101
0
46
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National Language
Portugal
Philippines
Second Language
United States of America
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Tagalog Language
Derived From
Latin
Spanish Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2328
18
247
👆🏻
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
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Olá
Kumusta
Thank You
obrigado
Salamat
How Are You?
Como você está?
Kumusta
Good Night
boa noite
magandang gabi
Good Evening
boa Noite
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
bom Dia
Magandang umaga
Please
Por Favor
Mangyaring
Sorry
pesaroso
pinagsisisihan
Bye
tchau
Paalam
I Love You
Eu te amo
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
desculpe me
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialects
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Bikol
Where They Speak
Brazil
Philippines
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Portugal
Philippines
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Waray
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Philippines
How Many People Speak
4,000.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
268
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.27 %1.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
216.00 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Português
filipino
Alternative Names
Português
Pilipino
French Name
portugais
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Portugiesisch
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Filipino people
History
Origin
3rd Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Filipino
Language Position
634
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
pt
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
por
fil
ISO 639 2/B
por
fil
ISO 639 3
por
fil
ISO 639 6
por
fil
Glottocode
port1283
fili1244
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-