Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
bom Dia
  
Please
Prosím
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Português
  
French Name
slovaque
  
portugais
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
6th Century
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Portuguese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Portuguese language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Slovak vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.