Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Ethiopia
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
- 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
Not Available
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
obrigado
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Como você está?
Good Night
Dehna dur
boa noite
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
boa Tarde
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
bom Dia
Please
i'bakwon
Por Favor
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
yiqirta
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Gondar
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Gondar
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gojjami
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Showa
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Português
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Português
French Name
amharique
portugais
German Name
Amharisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
13th century
3rd Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Ethiopic
Not Available
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Amharic
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
amha1245
port1283
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Amharic and Portuguese 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 Amharic and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Portuguese language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Amharic vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Amharic and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.