Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
South Africa
National Language
Portugal
South Africa
Second Language
United States of America
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Latin
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
Dankie
How Are You?
Como você está?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
boa noite
goeie nag
Good Evening
boa Noite
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Goeie middag
Good Morning
bom Dia
goeie more
Please
Por Favor
asseblief
I Love You
Eu te amo
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Brazil
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Portugal
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Namibia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Português
Cape Dutch
French Name
portugais
afrikaans
German Name
Portugiesisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Afrikaners
Origin
3rd Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
port1283
afri1274
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Portuguese and Afrikaans 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 Portuguese and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Afrikaans language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Portuguese and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.