Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Thailand
National Language
Portugal
Thailand
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Latin
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Olá
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
obrigado
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Como você está?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
boa noite
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
boa Noite
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
bom Dia
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
Por Favor
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
pesaroso
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
tchau
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Eu te amo
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Isan
Where They Speak
Brazil
Isan
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Portugal
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
Português
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Português
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
portugais
thaï
German Name
Portugiesisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
3rd Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Thai
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
thai1261
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Portuguese and Thai 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 Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Thai language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Thai Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Thai 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 Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.