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Chinese and Portuguese Speaking countries


Portuguese and Chinese Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
10   
6

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Portugal   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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   

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Chinese and Portuguese as Minority Language

In Chinese and Portuguese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Chinese and Portuguese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Chinese as minority language: Indonesia, Malaysia.
  • Portuguese as minority language: Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America.

If you want to compare Chinese and Portuguese dialects, then you can go to Chinese vs Portuguese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Chinese and Portuguese Regulators

Chinese and Portuguese speaking countries provide you Chinese and Portuguese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council regulates Chinese language.Portuguese is regulated by Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras. Also get to learn, Chinese and Portuguese Language History.

Chinese and Portuguese Continents

Thinking about Chinese and Portuguese continents in which Chinese and Portuguese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Chinese and Portuguese. Most of the Chinese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Portuguese speaking countries lie in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Chinese and Portuguese languages:

Chinese Interesting Facts:

Portuguese Interesting Facts:

The Chinese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Not Available whereas Chinese language is similar to Spanish and Galician Languages and derived from Latin.

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