Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
tchau
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
portugais
  
arménien
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Armenians
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic