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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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