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Portuguese vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
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
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

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

Alphabets
31   
13
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
26   
16
19   
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
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   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

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   

History

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   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Macedonian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Portuguese language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian and Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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