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
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
Dia dhuit
  
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
  
Bye
tchau
  
Slán
  
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
204,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
1.65 million
  
35
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
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
pt
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.