1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
United States of America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
1.8 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.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
1.10 Derived From
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
Como você está?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
European Portuguese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Daman and Diu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4,000.004,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
231.00 million231.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
216.00 million216.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
15.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Portugiesisch
Portugiesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Portuguese people or portugueses
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Medieval Galician
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Portuguese
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available