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Countries
Japan  
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
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

Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
99  
40
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
14  
4
19  
9

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Hakata  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

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  

History

Origin
1185  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Portuguese  

Language Position
8  
8
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
por  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
port1283  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Japanese and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Portuguese language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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