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Portuguese vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
10  
6

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Portugal  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
United States of America  

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

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Olá  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
bom Dia  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
pesaroso  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
tchau  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Griko  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Português  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Português  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
portugais  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Portuguese  

Language Position
74  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
por  

ISO 639 3
ell  
por  

ISO 639 6
ells  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gree1276  
port1283  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Greek and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Portuguese language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Portuguese Language History.

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

Greek vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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