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Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
6   
9

National Language
Portugal   
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu   

Second Language
United States of America   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University   

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.
  
  • Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
  • The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
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Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Malayalam   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
23   
5
247   
99+

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Tamil   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)   

Thank You
obrigado   
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)   

Please
Por Favor   
தயவு (Tayavu)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)   

Bye
tchau   
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Kongu   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Kongu   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Madurai Tamil   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Tirunelveli Tamil   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
1.06 %   
19

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
70.00 million   
15

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
8.00 million   
24

Native Name
Português   
தமிழ்   

Alternative Names
Português   
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili   

French Name
portugais   
tamoul   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Tamil   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Tamil people or Tamilans   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
300 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Modern Tamil   

Language Position
6   
6
18   
16

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Signed Tamil   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
ta   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
tam   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
tam   

ISO 639 3
por   
tam   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
tam   

Glottocode
port1283   
tami1289, oldt1248   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
tami1289   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Portuguese and Tamil Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Tamil language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Tamil language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Tamil language states that this language originated in 300 BC. 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 Tamil Language History.

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Portuguese and Tamil 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 Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Tamil language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Tamil Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Tamil 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 Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.

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