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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
33   
2

National Language
Portugal   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
United States of America   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

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

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

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

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
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Hello   

Thank You
obrigado   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
How are you?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Good Night   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Good Morning   

Please
Por Favor   
Please   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Sorry   

Bye
tchau   
Bye   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
I love you   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
American English   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Português   
English   

Alternative Names
Português   
Not Available   

French Name
portugais   
anglais   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Not Available   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Standard English   

Language Position
6   
6
3   
3

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
eng   

ISO 639 3
por   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
port1283   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Portuguese and English Speaking population

Portuguese and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and English languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Portuguese vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and English Language Codes

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

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