Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Japan
National Language
Portugal
Japan
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Palau
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Olá
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
obrigado
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Como você está?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
boa noite
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
boa Noite
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
bom Dia
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Por Favor
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
pesaroso
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
tchau
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Eu te amo
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Brazil
Kagawa
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Hakata
Where They Speak
Portugal
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Kansai
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
日本語
Alternative Names
Português
Not Available
French Name
portugais
japonais
German Name
Portugiesisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Japanese
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
nucl1643
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Portuguese and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Japanese language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Japanese Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.