Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Philippines
National Language
Portugal
Philippines
Second Language
United States of America
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
Salamat po
How Are You?
Como você está?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
boa noite
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
boa Noite
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
bom Dia
Magandang umaga po
Please
Por Favor
pakiusap
Sorry
pesaroso
pinagsisisihan
I Love You
Eu te amo
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Brazil
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Portugal
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Filipino
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Philippines
Native Name
Português
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Português
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
portugais
tagalog
German Name
Portugiesisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Tagalog people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Filipino
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
taga1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
31-CKA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Portuguese and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Tagalog language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.