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Portuguese vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
United States of America   
Poland   

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
39   
28

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
obrigado   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
Por Favor   
Kali laska   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
tchau   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
North-East Belarus   

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

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
South-West Belarus   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Middle Belarus   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
Português   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
portugais   
biélorusse   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
18th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Belarusian   

Language Position
6   
6
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
bel   

ISO 639 3
por   
bel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Portuguese and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Belarusian language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Portuguese and Belarusian Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Belarusian 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 Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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