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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
10  
6

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Portugal  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
United States of America  

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

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Olá  

Thank You
Thank you  
obrigado  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Good Night  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
bom Dia  

Please
Please  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Sorry  
pesaroso  

Bye
Bye  
tchau  

I Love You
I love you  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
English  
Português  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Português  

French Name
anglais  
portugais  

German Name
Englisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Portuguese  

Language Position
3  
3
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
por  

ISO 639 3
eng  
por  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
port1283  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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English and Portuguese Speaking population

English and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Portuguese on English vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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