Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Interesting Facts
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish 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
Not Available
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
bom Dia
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Slán
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Português
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
portugais
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
c. 750
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Portuguese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish 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 Irish and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Portuguese language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Irish vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish 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 Irish and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.