1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Portugal
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
Spain
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
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?
Com estàs?
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
Caló
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Brazil
France, Portugal, Spain
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Valencian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Ribagorçan
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
231.00 million9.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
216.00 million4.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
15.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
5.3.4 French Name
portugais
catalan; valencien
5.3.5 German Name
Portugiesisch
Katalanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Catalan people
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
Old Catalan
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Catalan
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