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
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
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
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Ede
Where They Speak
Portugal
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Nigeria
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
yoru1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
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.