Countries
Macedonia
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Interesting Facts
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Debar
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Português
  
French Name
macédonien
  
portugais
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Portuguese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Portuguese language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.