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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
7  
8

National Language
Portugal  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
United States of America  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
ciao  

Thank You
obrigado  
grazie  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
boa noite  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
buongiorno  

Please
Por Favor  
Per Favore  

Sorry
pesaroso  
scusate  

Bye
tchau  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
Português  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Português  
Italiano  

French Name
portugais  
italien  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Italians  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Italian  

Language Position
6  
6
27  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
ita  

ISO 639 3
por  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
port1283  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
51-AAA-q  

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 Italian Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Italian language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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Portuguese and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Italian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Italian Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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