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Countries

Countries
Japan   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
10   
6

National Language
Japan   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

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

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

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
14   
4
19   
9

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
Olá   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
obrigado   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
Como você está?   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
boa noite   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
bom Dia   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
Por Favor   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
pesaroso   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
tchau   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Hakata   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
日本語   
Português   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Português   

French Name
japonais   
portugais   

German Name
Japanisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
1185   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Portuguese   

Language Position
8   
8
6   
6

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
por   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
port1283   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Japanese and Portuguese Speaking population

Japanese and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Portuguese on Japanese vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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