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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
7  
8

National Language
Portugal  
Germany  

Second Language
United States of America  
North Dakota, United States of America  

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
hallo  

Thank You
obrigado  
Danke  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
boa noite  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
guten Morgen  

Please
Por Favor  
bitte  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Verzeihung  

Bye
tchau  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Português  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Português  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
portugais  
allemand  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Germans  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
6  
6
9  
9

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
ger  

ISO 639 3
por  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
port1283  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Portuguese and German Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and German language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Portuguese vs German Difficulty

The Portuguese vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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