Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Portugal
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
United States of America
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Armenian
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Olá
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
obrigado
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Como você está?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
boa noite
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
boa Noite
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
bom Dia
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Por Favor
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
pesaroso
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Eu te amo
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Brazil
Greece
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Griko
Where They Speak
Portugal
Italy
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Português
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
portugais
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Portugiesisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
3rd Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
port1283
gree1276
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Portuguese and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Greek language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Greek Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.