Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Japan
National Language
Portugal
Japan
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Palau
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Olá
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
obrigado
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Como você está?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
boa noite
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
boa Noite
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
bom Dia
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Por Favor
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
pesaroso
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
tchau
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Eu te amo
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Brazil
Kagawa
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Hakata
Where They Speak
Portugal
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Kansai
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
日本語
Alternative Names
Português
Not Available
French Name
portugais
japonais
German Name
Portugiesisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Japanese
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
nucl1643
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Portuguese and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Portuguese and Japanese Speaking population
Portuguese and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Portuguese vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Portuguese and Japanese Language Codes
Portuguese and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.