Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Norway
National Language
Portugal
Norway
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Como você está?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
boa noite
god natt
Good Evening
boa Noite
god kveld
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
bom Dia
god morgen
Please
Por Favor
Vær så snill
I Love You
Eu te amo
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
desculpe me
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Brazil
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Portugal
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Norsk
Alternative Names
Português
Norsk
French Name
portugais
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Portugiesisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Norwegians
Origin
3rd Century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
norw1258
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Portuguese and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Portuguese and Norwegian Speaking population
Portuguese and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. 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 Norwegian on Portuguese vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Portuguese and Norwegian Language Codes
Portuguese and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
