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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, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
4  
11

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

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
18  
8

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  
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  

Dialects

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
4,000.00  
36
96,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.13 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
6  
6
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Portuguese and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Swedish language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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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.

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