Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
ciao
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
scusate
  
Bye
tchau
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Português
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Italiano
  
French Name
portugais
  
italien
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Italians
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic