Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
hej
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
god morgon
  
Please
Por Favor
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
ledsen
  
Bye
tchau
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Português
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
portugais
  
suédois
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Portuguese and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Swedish language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Swedish Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.