Portuguese and Finnish Speaking countries

Portuguese and Finnish as Minority Language

In Portuguese and Finnish speaking countries you will get the countries which have Portuguese and Finnish as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Portuguese and Finnish dialects, then you can go to Portuguese vs Finnish Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Portuguese and Finnish Regulators

Portuguese and Finnish speaking countries provide you Portuguese and Finnish regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras regulates Portuguese language.Finnish is regulated by Institute for the Languages of Finland. Also get to learn, Portuguese and Finnish Language History.

Portuguese and Finnish Continents

Thinking about Portuguese and Finnish continents in which Portuguese and Finnish speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Portuguese and Finnish. Most of the Portuguese speaking countries lie in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America. While Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Portuguese and Finnish languages:

Portuguese 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.

Finnish Interesting Facts:

• Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
• In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.

The Portuguese language was derived from Latin and is similar to Spanish and Galician Languages whereas Portuguese language is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages and derived from Not Available.