Countries
Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
101
0
46
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National Language
Portugal
Galicia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Portuguese Language
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2323
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1919
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Olá
Ola
Thank You
obrigado
Grazas
How Are You?
Como você está?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
boa noite
Boas noites
Good Evening
boa Noite
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Boa tarde
Good Morning
bom Dia
Bos días
Please
Por Favor
Por favor
Sorry
pesaroso
Síntoo!
Bye
tchau
Adeus
I Love You
Eu te amo
Ámote
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Perdoe!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Brazil
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Portugal
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
4,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
263
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.27 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
216.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Português
Galego
Alternative Names
Português
Galego, Gallego
French Name
portugais
galicien
German Name
Portugiesisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Galician people
History
Origin
3rd Century
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Galician
Language Position
646
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
pt
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
por
glg
ISO 639 2/B
por
glg
ISO 639 3
por
glg
ISO 639 6
por
glg
Glottocode
port1283
gali1258
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-