Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Portugal
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
obrigado
Asante
How Are You?
Como você está?
Habari gani?
Good Night
boa noite
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
boa Noite
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
bom Dia
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Por Favor
tafadhali
I Love You
Eu te amo
nakupenda
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Samahani
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Brazil
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Portugal
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Not Available
Alternative Names
Português
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
portugais
swahili
German Name
Portugiesisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
3rd Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
swah1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Portuguese and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Swahili language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Swahili Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.