Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
India
Total No. Of Countries
101
0
46
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National Language
Portugal
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2330
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1921
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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How Many People Speak?
231.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.27 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
216.00 million6.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
15.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Português
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Português
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
portugais
santal
German Name
Portugiesisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Santal and Teraibasi Santali