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Indonesian and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Indonesia   

Second Language
United States of America   
East Timor, Indonesia   

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Malay language   

Derived From
Latin   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Halo   

Thank You
obrigado   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Por Favor   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
pesaroso   
maaf   

Bye
tchau   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Português   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Português   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
portugais   
indonésien   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Indonesian   

Language Position
6   
6
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
ind   

ISO 639 3
por   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Portuguese and Indonesian Speaking population

Portuguese and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Portuguese vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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