1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Portugal
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Not Available
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
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
Olá
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
obrigado
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
boa noite
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
boa Noite
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
bom Dia
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
Por Favor
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
pesaroso
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Eu te amo
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
desculpe me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Central Lao
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 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
216.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Português
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
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
51-AAA-a
No data available
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