Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
European Union, Ireland
National Language
Portugal
Ireland
Second Language
United States of America
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Como você está?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
boa noite
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
boa Noite
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
bom Dia
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Por Favor
le do thoil
Sorry
pesaroso
Tá brón orm
I Love You
Eu te amo
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Brazil
Connacht
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Portugal
Munster
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Ulster
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Português
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
portugais
irlandais moyen
German Name
Portugiesisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Irish people
Origin
3rd Century
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Goidelic
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Portuguese
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
port1283
iris1253
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
50-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Portuguese and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Irish language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Irish Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.