Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
China, Guangdong
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Hawaii
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
Como você está?
Good Evening
晚上好
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
下午好
boa Tarde
Excuse Me
原谅我
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Xiguan
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Português
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Português
French Name
Not Available
portugais
German Name
Not Available
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
17th century
3rd Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
pt
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
por
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
por
ISO 639 3
No data available
por
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Portuguese Speaking population
Cantonese and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Portuguese on Cantonese vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Portuguese Language Codes
Cantonese and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.