Countries
Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
106
0
46
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National Language
Portugal
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
South America
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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2331
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1926
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Olá
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
obrigado
Solpayki
How Are You?
Como você está?
Allillanchu
Good Night
boa noite
Allin tuta
Good Evening
boa Noite
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
bom Dia
Wuynus diyas
Please
Por Favor
jamuspa
Sorry
pesaroso
Pampachaykuway
Bye
tchau
bye
I Love You
Eu te amo
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Pampachaway
Dialects
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Ancash
Where They Speak
Brazil
Peru
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00920,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Huánuco
Where They Speak
Portugal
Peru
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00190,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Yaru
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Peru
How Many People Speak
4,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2610
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million8.90 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.27 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
216.00 million8.90 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
15.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Português
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Português
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
portugais
quechua
German Name
Portugiesisch
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Quechua
History
Origin
3rd Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Romance
Andean Equatorial
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Quechua
Language Position
623
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Quechua
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
pt
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
por
que
ISO 639 2/B
por
que
ISO 639 3
por
que
ISO 639 6
por
que
Glottocode
port1283
quec1387
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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Agglutinative, Synthetic