Ilocano and Portuguese Speaking countries

Ilocano vs Portuguese Countries

Comparing Ilocano vs Portuguese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Ilocano and Portuguese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Ilocano is official language is 1 whereas total number of countries where Portuguese is official language is 10

Find if Ilocano and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Ilocano and Portuguese speaking countries will give you the presence of Ilocano and Portuguese languages in different countries. Along with Ilocano vs Portuguese countries, you can also compare Ilocano vs Portuguese.

Ilocano and Portuguese as Minority Language

In Ilocano and Portuguese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Ilocano and Portuguese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Ilocano and Portuguese dialects, then you can go to Ilocano vs Portuguese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Ilocano and Portuguese Regulators

Ilocano and Portuguese speaking countries provide you Ilocano and Portuguese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Commission on the Filipino Language regulates Ilocano language.Portuguese is regulated by Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras. Also get to learn, Ilocano and Portuguese Language History.

Ilocano and Portuguese Continents

Thinking about Ilocano and Portuguese continents in which Ilocano and Portuguese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Ilocano and Portuguese. Most of the Ilocano speaking countries lie in Asia. While Portuguese speaking countries lie in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Ilocano and Portuguese languages:

Ilocano Interesting Facts:

• Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
• Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.

Portuguese Interesting Facts:

• 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.

The Ilocano language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages whereas Ilocano language is similar to Spanish and Galician Languages and derived from Latin.