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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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