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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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