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Slovak and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
4   
11

National Language
Portugal   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
15   
12

How Many Consonants
19   
9
38   
27

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Ahoj   

Thank You
obrigado   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Por Favor   
Prosím   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Pardón!   

Bye
tchau   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
5.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Português   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
portugais   
slovaque   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Slovak   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
slo   

ISO 639 3
por   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Portuguese and Slovak Speaking population

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

Portuguese and Slovak Language Codes

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

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