Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Olá
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
bom Dia
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
tschao
  
tchau
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Not Available
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Português
  
French Name
amharique
  
portugais
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
13th century
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Portuguese Speaking population
Amharic and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Amharic and Portuguese on Amharic vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Portuguese Language Codes
Amharic and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.