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
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Olá
  
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
  
Sorry
maaf
  
pesaroso
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
15.00 million
  
18
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
id
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.