Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
tchau
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Português
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
portugais
  
thaï
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating