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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
23  
5
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
1.90 %  
10

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)  

History

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  

Language Position
6  
6
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Portuguese and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Japanese language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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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.

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