Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Afganistan
National Language
Portugal
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Como você está?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
boa noite
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
boa Noite
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
bom Dia
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Por Favor
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
pesaroso
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
tchau
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Eu te amo
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Brazil
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Portugal
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Português
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
portugais
pachto
German Name
Portugiesisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
pash1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Portuguese and Pashto 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 Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Pashto language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Pashto Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Pashto 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 Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.