Countries
Indonesia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Indonesia
Portugal
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Terima kasih
obrigado
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Como você está?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
boa noite
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
bom Dia
Please
mohon Untuk
Por Favor
Bye
Selamat tinggal
tchau
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Permisi
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Brazil
Dialect 2
Balinese
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Portugal
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
Português
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Português
French Name
indonésien
portugais
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
7th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Malay
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
indo1316
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Portuguese language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.