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1 Countries
1.1 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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
3310
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 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
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
United States of America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Spanish and Galician Languages
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2623
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
59
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2119
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
76
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks24 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Olá
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
obrigado
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
Como você está?
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
boa noite
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
boa Noite
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
bom Dia
3.8 Please
Please
Por Favor
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
pesaroso
3.10 Bye
Bye
tchau
3.11 I Love You
I love you
Eu te amo
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
desculpe me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Brazilian Portuguese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
Brazil
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00204,000,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
European Portuguese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Portugal
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0010,000,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Daman and Diu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.004,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
18826
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million231.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.43 %3.27 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million216.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 million15.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
English
Português
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Português
5.3.4 French Name
anglais
portugais
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Portugiesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Portuguese people or portugueses
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
3rd Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Medieval Galician
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Portuguese
6.3.3 Language Position
36
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Portuguese
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
pt
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
por
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
por
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
por
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
port1283
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
51-AAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available

English vs Portuguese Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare English vs Portuguese speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak English or Portuguese language.

  • English is spoken as a national language in: 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.
  • Portuguese is spoken as a national language in: Portugal.

You will also get to know the continents where English and Portuguese speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of English language is 3 and position of Portuguese language is 6. Find all the information about these languages on English and Portuguese.

English and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of English vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of English and Portuguese language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Portuguese Language History.

English and Portuguese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Portuguese language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common English Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Portuguese Difficulty

The English vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Portuguese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.