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Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
10  
6

National Language
Germany  
Portugal  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
United States of America  

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

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
9  
1
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Olá  

Thank You
Danke  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
boa noite  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
bom Dia  

Please
bitte  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
pesaroso  

Bye
Tschüs  
tchau  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Deutsch  
Português  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Português  

French Name
allemand  
portugais  

German Name
Deutsch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Romance  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Portuguese  

Language Position
9  
9
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
por  

ISO 639 3
deu  
por  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
port1283  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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German and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of German vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of German and Portuguese language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Portuguese Language History.

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

German vs Portuguese Difficulty

The German vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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