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Slovak vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
10   
6

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

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

Alphabets
46   
26
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
9   
6

How Many Consonants
38   
27
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
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

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   

History

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   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Slovak and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Portuguese language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 Slovak and Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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