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Romanian vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Romanian


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
10   
6

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   

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200   
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Olá   

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   

Please
Vă Rog   
Por Favor   

Sorry
scuze   
pesaroso   

Bye
La revedere   
tchau   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
15.00 million   
18

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   

History

Origin
1521   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Portuguese   

Language Position
36   
28
6   
6

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
por   

ISO 639 3
ron   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
port1283   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Romanian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Portuguese language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Romanian and Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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