Countries
Japan
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Japan
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Palau
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Olá
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
obrigado
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Como você está?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
boa noite
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
boa Tarde
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
bom Dia
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Por Favor
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
pesaroso
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
tchau
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Brazil
Dialect 2
Hakata
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kansai
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
kansai
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
日本語
Português
Alternative Names
Not Available
Português
French Name
japonais
portugais
German Name
Japanisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Japanese
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
port1283
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
Japanese 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 Japanese and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Portuguese language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Japanese vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.