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Spanish and Portuguese


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
46   
1

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

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

Alphabets
23   
5
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
22   
12

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
4,000.00   
36
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
6.15 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
6   
6
2   
2

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Portuguese and Spanish Speaking population

Portuguese and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Portuguese vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Spanish Language Codes

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

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