Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Portugal
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
grazie
obrigado
How Are You?
Come stai?
Como você está?
Good Night
buonanotte
boa noite
Good Evening
buonasera
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
boa Tarde
Good Morning
buongiorno
bom Dia
Please
Per Favore
Por Favor
I Love You
Ti amo
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Scusami
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Lazio
Brazil
Dialect 2
Central Italian
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Portugal
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Italiano
Português
Alternative Names
Italiano
Português
French Name
italien
portugais
German Name
Italienisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Italians
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
960 BC
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Italian
Portuguese
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
port1283
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Italian 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 Italian and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Portuguese language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Italian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.