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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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