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Portuguese and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
10  
6

National Language
Spain  
Portugal  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
United States of America  

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

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

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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 Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
Olá  

Thank You
Gracias  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
bom Dia  

Please
Por Favor  
Por Favor  

Sorry
triste  
pesaroso  

Bye
adiós  
tchau  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Español  
Português  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Português  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
portugais  

German Name
Spanisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
210 BC  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Portuguese  

Language Position
2  
2
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
por  

ISO 639 3
spa  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
port1283  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Spanish and Portuguese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Spanish and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Spanish and Portuguese Speaking population

Spanish and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Spanish and Portuguese on Spanish vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Portuguese Language Codes

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