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Portuguese and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
10   
6

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
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
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
28   
18
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Olá   

Thank You
شكرا   
obrigado   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Como você está?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
boa noite   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
bom Dia   

Please
من فضلك   
Por Favor   

Sorry
آسف   
pesaroso   

Bye
وداعا   
tchau   

I Love You
أحبك   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Português   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Português   

French Name
arabe   
portugais   

German Name
Arabisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
512 CE   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Romance   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Portuguese   

Language Position
25   
21
6   
6

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
por   

ISO 639 3
ara   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
port1283   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Arabic and Portuguese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Portuguese Speaking population

Arabic and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Portuguese on Arabic vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Portuguese Language Codes

Arabic and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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