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
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
128.00 million
  
9
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
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)
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
pt
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.