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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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