Countries
Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
101
0
46
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National Language
Portugal
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
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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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1916
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Olá
Kia ora
Thank You
obrigado
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Como você está?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
boa noite
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
boa Noite
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Kia ora
Good Morning
bom Dia
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Por Favor
gafare
Sorry
pesaroso
gafare
Bye
tchau
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Eu te amo
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Y gafare
Dialects
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Brazil
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Saremde
Where They Speak
Portugal
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Taolende
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
4,000.007,000,000.00
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 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.27 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
216.00 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
15.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Português
Mosse
Alternative Names
Português
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
portugais
moré
German Name
Portugiesisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Mossi
History
Origin
3rd Century
11th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Mossi
Language Position
637
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
pt
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
por
mos
ISO 639 2/B
por
mos
ISO 639 3
por
mos
ISO 639 6
por
mos
Glottocode
port1283
moss1236
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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