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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
Nigeria   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Yoruba Academy   

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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
23   
5
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
obrigado   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
boa noite   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
e kaaro   

Please
Por Favor   
Jowo   

Sorry
pesaroso   
binu   

Bye
tchau   
bye   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Português   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
portugais   
yoruba   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
6   
6
49   
36

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
yor   

ISO 639 3
por   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Portuguese and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Yoruba language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Yoruba Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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