Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Portugal
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
South Africa
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
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
obrigado
How Are You?
How are you?
Como você está?
Good Night
Good Night
boa noite
Good Evening
Good Evening
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Good Morning
bom Dia
I Love You
I love you
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Dialect 1
American English
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
United States of America
Brazil
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Portugal
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Daman and Diu
Native Name
English
Português
Alternative Names
Not Available
Português
French Name
anglais
portugais
German Name
Englisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
5th Century AD
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard English
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
port1283
Linguasphere
52-ABA
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English 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 English and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Portuguese language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common English Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Portuguese Difficulty
The English vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.