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Portuguese vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
10   
6

National Language
Austria   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

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

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Olá   

Thank You
hvala   
obrigado   

How Are You?
kako si   
Como você está?   

Good Night
laku noć   
boa noite   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
bom Dia   

Please
molim   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Oprostite   
pesaroso   

Bye
Doviđenja   
tchau   

I Love You
Volim te   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
hrvatski   
Português   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Português   

French Name
croate   
portugais   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
9th century   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Portuguese   

Language Position
23   
19
6   
6

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
por   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
port1283   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Croatian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Portuguese language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Croatian and Portuguese Language History.

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Croatian 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 Croatian and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Portuguese language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Croatian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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