Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
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 in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
30.00 million
  
36
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.