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
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
Habari
  
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
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
pole
  
Bye
tchau
  
bye
  
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
204,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Dar es Salaam
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
pt
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.