Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Macedonia
National Language
Portugal
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Olá
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
obrigado
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Como você está?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
boa noite
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
boa Noite
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
bom Dia
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Por Favor
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
I Love You
Eu te amo
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Brazil
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Debar
Where They Speak
Portugal
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Português
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
portugais
macédonien
German Name
Portugiesisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Macedonians
Origin
3rd Century
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Macedonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
mace1250
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Portuguese and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Macedonian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.