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Portuguese Language



Countries
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Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe 0

Total No. Of Countries
10 6

National Language
Portugal 0

Second Language
United States of America 0

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America 0

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America 0

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras 0

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.
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Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages 0

Derived From
Latin 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
23 5

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
9 6

How Many Consonants
19 9

Scripts
Latin 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks 6

Greetings
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Hello
Olá 0

Thank You
obrigado 0

How Are You?
Como você está? 0

Good Night
boa noite 0

Good Evening
boa Noite 0

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde 0

Good Morning
bom Dia 0

Please
Por Favor 0

Sorry
pesaroso 0

Bye
tchau 0

I Love You
Eu te amo 0

Excuse Me
desculpe me 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese 0

Where They Speak
Brazil 0

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00 4

Dialect 2
European Portuguese 0

Where They Speak
Portugal 0

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00 9

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole 0

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu 0

How Many People Speak
4,000.00 36

Total No. Of Dialects
26 22

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
231.00 million 7

Speaking Population
3.27 % 7

Native Speakers
216.00 million 5

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million 18

Native Name
Português 0

Alternative Names
Português 0

French Name
portugais 0

German Name
Portugiesisch 0

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes] 0

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses 0

History
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Origin
3rd Century 0

Language Family
Indo-European Family 0

Subgroup
Romance 0

Branch
Not Available 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Medieval Galician 0

Standard Forms
Portuguese 0

Language Position
6 6

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
pt 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
por 0

ISO 639 2/B
por 0

ISO 639 3
por 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
port1283 0

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object 0

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available 0

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Origin of Portuguese language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Portuguese language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Portuguese language states that it was put to use in 3rd Century. The history of Portuguese language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Portuguese Language History.The evolution of Portuguese language began with early forms such as Medieval Galician. Portuguese is the standard form of Portuguese language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Portuguese Language.

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Portuguese population

Portuguese population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Portuguese language. Portuguese language is spoken by 231.00 million people in the world. Most of the Portuguese population lies in the Portuguese Speaking Countries. Portuguese language is spoken as first language by 216.00 million people and as second language by about 15.00 million people. Get to know Portuguese speaking population in detail.

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Portuguese writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Portuguese writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Portuguese language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Portuguese language. Learn more about . 

Information about Portuguese language

Check out all the information about Portuguese language here. You may find it interesting to learn Portuguese Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Portuguese Speaking Countries, Portuguese speaking continents and Portuguese Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Portuguese countries knowing common Portuguese Greetings will help you in communicating with Portuguese people.

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