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German and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
7   
8

National Language
Portugal   
Germany   

Second Language
United States of America   
North Dakota, United States of America   

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
9   
1

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
hallo   

Thank You
obrigado   
Danke   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
boa noite   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
guten Morgen   

Please
Por Favor   
bitte   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Verzeihung   

Bye
tchau   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Português   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Português   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
portugais   
allemand   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Germans   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
6   
6
9   
9

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
ger   

ISO 639 3
por   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
port1283   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Portuguese and German Speaking population

Portuguese and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and German languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Portuguese vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and German Language Codes

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

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