Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Moldova, Romania
Portugal
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
- 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.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
multumesc
obrigado
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Como você está?
Good Night
noapte Buna
boa noite
Good Evening
buna Seara
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
boa Tarde
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
bom Dia
I Love You
Te iubesc
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Brazil
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Portugal
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Croatia
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Română
Português
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Português
French Name
roumain; moldave
portugais
German Name
Rumänisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Romanian
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
roma1327
port1283
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Romanian and Portuguese 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 Romanian and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Portuguese language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Romanian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Romanian and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.