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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
Czech Republic   

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

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
32   
21

How Many Consonants
19   
9
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
ahoj   

Thank You
obrigado   
děkuji   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
boa noite   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
dobré ráno   

Please
Por Favor   
prosím   

Sorry
pesaroso   
litovat   

Bye
tchau   
sbohem   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Chod   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

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

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Lach   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
13   
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
Português   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
portugais   
tchèque   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Czechs   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
6   
6
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
cze   

ISO 639 3
por   
ces   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
53-AAA-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Portuguese and Czech Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Czech language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Czech Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Czech Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Czech 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 Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.

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