Countries
Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
6
9
10
6
National Language
Moldova, Romania
Portugal
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
- 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.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
31
13
23
5
Phonology
How Many Vowels
7
4
9
6
How Many Consonants
20
10
19
9
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
alo
Olá
Thank You
multumesc
obrigado
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Como você está?
Good Night
noapte Buna
boa noite
Good Evening
buna Seara
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
boa Tarde
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
bom Dia
Please
Vă Rog
Por Favor
Sorry
scuze
pesaroso
Bye
La revedere
tchau
I Love You
Te iubesc
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
desculpe me
Dialects
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Brazil
How Many People Speak
250,000.00
38
204,000,000.00
4
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Portugal
How Many People Speak
5,000.00
99+
10,000,000.00
9
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Croatia
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
1,400.00
37
4,000.00
36
Total No. Of Dialects
10
10
26
22
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
38
231.00 million
7
Speaking Population
0.37 %
35
3.27 %
7
Native Speakers
24.00 million
33
216.00 million
5
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
30
15.00 million
18
Native Name
Română
Português
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Português
French Name
roumain; moldave
portugais
German Name
Rumänisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Portuguese people or portugueses
History
Origin
1521
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Romanian
Portuguese
Language Position
36
28
6
6
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ro
pt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
por
ISO 639 2/B
rum
por
ISO 639 3
ron
por
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
roma1327
port1283
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
51-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
