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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
6   
9

National Language
Portugal   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
United States of America   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Hallo   

Thank You
obrigado   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
boa noite   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
goedemorgen   

Please
Por Favor   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
pesaroso   
sorry   

Bye
tchau   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Português   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Português   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
portugais   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
6   
6
48   
35

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
dut   

ISO 639 3
por   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Portuguese and Dutch Speaking population

Portuguese and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Portuguese vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Dutch Language Codes

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

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