Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
God morgen
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Please
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
tchau
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Denmark
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
5.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
portugais
  
danois
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional