Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
National Language
Portugal
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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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 is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
obrigado
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Como você está?
piye kabare?
Good Night
boa noite
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
boa Noite
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
bom Dia
Sugeng énjing
Please
Por Favor
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Sorry
pesaroso
Nyuwun pangapunten
I Love You
Eu te amo
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Kangean
Where They Speak
Brazil
Indonesia
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Bawean
Where They Speak
Portugal
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Madurese
Alternative Names
Português
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
portugais
madourais
German Name
Portugiesisch
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
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Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Madurese
Origin
3rd Century
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Madurese
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
pt
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
port1283
madu1247
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Portuguese and Madurese 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 Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Madurese language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Madurese Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Madurese 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 Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.