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
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 in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Volim te
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Croatia
Brazil
Dialect 2
Chakavian
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Croatia
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Daman and Diu
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
Origin
9th century
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
croa1245
port1283
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
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.