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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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