Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
China, Mongolia
National Language
Portugal
China, Mongolia
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
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Olá
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
obrigado
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Como você está?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
boa noite
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
boa Noite
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
bom Dia
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Por Favor
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
pesaroso
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
tchau
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Eu te amo
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Brazil
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Portugal
Mongolia
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Português
Not Available
French Name
portugais
mongol
German Name
Portugiesisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
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Origin
3rd Century
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Romance
Mongolian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
port1283
mong1331
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Portuguese and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Mongolian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.