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Slovene vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Slovene


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
10   
6

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Olá   

Thank You
Hvala   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Kako se imate?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
Lahko noč   
boa noite   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
bom Dia   

Please
Prosim   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Oprostite   
pesaroso   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
tchau   

I Love You
Ljubim te   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Resian   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
26   
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Not available   
Português   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Português   

French Name
slovène   
portugais   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
972-1093   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Slovene   
Portuguese   

Language Position
Not Available   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
por   

ISO 639 3
slv   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1268   
port1283   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Slovene and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Portuguese language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Portuguese Language History.

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Slovene 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 Slovene and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Portuguese language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Slovene vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Slovene vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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