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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
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
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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