Countries
Norway
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Norway
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Olá
  
Thank You
takk
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
god natt
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
bom Dia
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
ha det
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Norsk
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Português
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
portugais
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Portuguese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Norwegian and Portuguese Speaking population
Norwegian and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available 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 Norwegian and Portuguese on Norwegian vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Portuguese Language Codes
Norwegian and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.