Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Bulgaria, European Union
National Language
Portugal
Bulgaria
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Olá
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
obrigado
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Como você está?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
boa noite
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
boa Noite
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
bom Dia
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Por Favor
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
pesaroso
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
tchau
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Eu te amo
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Brazil
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Portugal
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Português
Balgarski
French Name
portugais
bulgare
German Name
Portugiesisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Not Available
Origin
3rd Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Bulgarian
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
buls
Glottocode
port1283
bulg1262
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Portuguese and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Bulgarian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.