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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
6  
9

National Language
Portugal  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
United States of America  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Romanian.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
alo  

Thank You
obrigado  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
boa noite  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Por Favor  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
pesaroso  
scuze  

Bye
tchau  
La revedere  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
Português  
Română  

Alternative Names
Português  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
portugais  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Romanians  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Romanian  

Language Position
6  
6
36  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
rum  

ISO 639 3
por  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Portuguese and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Romanian language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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Portuguese and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Romanian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Romanian Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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