Countries
Japan
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
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 in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
231.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.