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Portuguese and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
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
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Portugal   

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

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

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Swedish   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Olá   

Thank You
Mange tak   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
God nat   
boa noite   

Good Evening
God aften   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
God morgen   
bom Dia   

Please
Please   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
pesaroso   

Bye
Farvel   
tchau   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
dansk   
Português   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Português   

French Name
danois   
portugais   

German Name
Dänisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Portuguese   

Language Position
Not Available   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
por   

ISO 639 3
dan   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
port1283   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Danish 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 Danish and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Danish and Portuguese Speaking population

Danish and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available 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 Danish and Portuguese on Danish vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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