Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
China, Guangdong
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Hawaii
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
Como você está?
Good Evening
晚上好
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
下午好
boa Tarde
Excuse Me
原谅我
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Xiguan
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Português
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Português
French Name
Not Available
portugais
German Name
Not Available
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
17th century
3rd Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
pt
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
por
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
por
ISO 639 3
No data available
por
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Portuguese language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.