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Italian and Portuguese


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
7   
8

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

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

Alphabets
23   
5
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
16   
6

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   
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   

Dialects

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
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.90 %   
22

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   

History

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   

Language Position
6   
6
27   
23

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Portuguese and Italian Speaking population

Portuguese and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Portuguese vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Italian Language Codes

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

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