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Portuguese and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
10   
6

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Portugal   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
United States of America   

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

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Olá   

Thank You
grazie   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
boa noite   

Good Evening
buonasera   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
bom Dia   

Please
Per Favore   
Por Favor   

Sorry
scusate   
pesaroso   

Bye
arrivederci   
tchau   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Italiano   
Português   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Português   

French Name
italien   
portugais   

German Name
Italienisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
960 BC   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Portuguese   

Language Position
27   
23
6   
6

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
por   

ISO 639 3
ita   
por   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
port1283   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Italian and Portuguese Speaking population

Italian and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Portuguese on Italian vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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