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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
23  
4

National Language
Portugal  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
مرحبا  

Thank You
obrigado  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
boa noite  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
صباح الخير  

Please
Por Favor  
من فضلك  

Sorry
pesaroso  
آسف  

Bye
tchau  
وداعا  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Português  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Português  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
portugais  
arabe  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Arabs  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
6  
6
25  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
ara  

ISO 639 3
por  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Portuguese and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Arabic language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. 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 Portuguese and Arabic Language History.

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Portuguese and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Arabic language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Arabic Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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