Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
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
  
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
tchau
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Wu
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Português
  
French Name
chinois
  
portugais
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available