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Portuguese vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
10   
6

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
3.27 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
56   
99+
6   
6

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Indonesian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Portuguese language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Indonesian and Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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