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Portuguese vs Italian


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
10  
6

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  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Olá  

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  

Sorry
scusate  
pesaroso  

Bye
arrivederci  
tchau  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
10,000,000.00  
9

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  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
15.00 million  
18

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  

History

Origin
960 BC  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
27  
23
6  
6

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
por  

ISO 639 3
ita  
por  

ISO 639 6
itas  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ital1282  
port1283  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Italian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Portuguese language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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