Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Portugal
France
Second Language
United States of America
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Italian Language
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Como você está?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
boa noite
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
boa Noite
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
bom Dia
Bonjour
Please
Por Favor
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Eu te amo
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Brazil
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
African French
Where They Speak
Portugal
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Northeast France, Switzerland
Native Name
Português
français
Alternative Names
Português
Français
French Name
portugais
français
German Name
Portugiesisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Not Available
Origin
3rd Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard French
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
port1283
stan1290
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Portuguese and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and French language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs French Difficulty
The Portuguese vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.