Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
France
Portugal
Second Language
Africa, Canada
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Como você está?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
boa noite
Good Evening
bonsoir
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Bonjour
bom Dia
Please
S'il vous plaît
Por Favor
I Love You
Je t'aime
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Brazil
Dialect 2
African French
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Africa
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Daman and Diu
Native Name
français
Português
Alternative Names
Français
Português
French Name
français
portugais
German Name
Französisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
9th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard French
Portuguese
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
port1283
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
French 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 French and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Portuguese language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common French Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Portuguese Difficulty
The French vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.