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French and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
32   
3

National Language
Portugal   
France   

Second Language
United States of America   
Africa, Canada   

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

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

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
bonjour   

Thank You
obrigado   
Merci   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
boa noite   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Bonjour   

Please
Por Favor   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
pesaroso   
désolé   

Bye
tchau   
au revoir   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
African French   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Africa   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
Português   
français   

Alternative Names
Português   
Français   

French Name
portugais   
français   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Not Available   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Standard French   

Language Position
6   
6
13   
12

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
fre   

ISO 639 3
por   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
port1283   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Portuguese and French Speaking population

Portuguese and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and French languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Portuguese vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and French Language Codes

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

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