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Greek vs Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
3   
12

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   

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
19   
9
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Bye
tchau   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
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   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
6   
6
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
gre   

ISO 639 3
por   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
port1283   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Portuguese and Greek Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Greek language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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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.

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