Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
- 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Olá
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
obrigado
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Como você está?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
boa noite
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
bom Dia
Please
Молим (Molim)
Por Favor
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
pesaroso
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
tchau
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Serbia
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Daman and Diu
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Português
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Português
French Name
serbe
portugais
German Name
Serbisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
11th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
serb1264
port1283
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Serbian 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 Serbian and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Portuguese language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Serbian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.