Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Portugal
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
United States of America
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
dankjewel
How Are You?
Como você está?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
boa noite
goede Nacht
Good Evening
boa Noite
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
goedemiddag
Good Morning
bom Dia
goedemorgen
Please
Por Favor
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Eu te amo
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
desculpe me
pardon
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Gronings
Where They Speak
Brazil
Netherlands
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Portugal
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
Português
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Português
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
portugais
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Portugiesisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Dutch people
Origin
3rd Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
mode1257
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Portuguese and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Dutch language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Dutch Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.