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Danish and Portuguese


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
5   
10

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

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

Alphabets
23   
5
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
20   
17

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
80,000.00   
99+

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
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
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   

History

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
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Portuguese and Danish Speaking population

Portuguese and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available. 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 Portuguese and Danish on Portuguese vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Danish Language Codes

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

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