Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Como você está?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
boa noite
Good Evening
مساء الخير
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
boa Tarde
Good Morning
صباح الخير
bom Dia
I Love You
أحبك
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
اعذرني
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Sudan
Portugal
Dialect 3
Levantine
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Daman and Diu
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Português
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Português
French Name
arabe
portugais
German Name
Arabisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
512 CE
3rd Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
port1283
Linguasphere
12-AAC
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic 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 Arabic and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Portuguese language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Arabic vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.