Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Spain
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
hola
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
triste
  
Bye
tchau
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Português
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
portugais
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Not Available
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic