Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Myanmar
National Language
Portugal
Myanmar
Second Language
United States of America
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Mon
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Latin
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Olá
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
obrigado
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Como você está?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
boa noite
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
boa Noite
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
bom Dia
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Por Favor
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
pesaroso
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
tchau
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Eu te amo
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Brazil
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Portugal
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Intha
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Burma
Native Name
Português
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Português
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
portugais
birman
German Name
Portugiesisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Bamar people
Origin
3rd Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Romance
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
sout3159
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Portuguese and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Burmese language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Burmese Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.