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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
5  
10

National Language
Portugal  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Latin  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
20  
17

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Hallo  

Thank You
obrigado  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
boa noite  
God nat  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
God morgen  

Please
Por Favor  
Please  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Undskyld!  

Bye
tchau  
Farvel  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Denmark  

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Island of Bornholm  

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
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
Not Available  

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Português  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
portugais  
danois  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
6  
6
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
dan  

ISO 639 3
por  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Portuguese and Danish Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Danish language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Portuguese and Danish Language History.

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Portuguese and Danish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Portuguese and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Danish language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Danish Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Danish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Portuguese and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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