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Belarusian vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Belarusian


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Countries
Belarus, Poland  
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
Belarus, Gambia  
Portugal  

Second Language
Poland  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish 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
Russian and Ukrainian  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
39  
28
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Olá  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
bom Dia  

Please
Kali laska  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
pesaroso  

Bye
da pabačennia  
tchau  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Português  

French Name
biélorusse  
portugais  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
18th century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Romance  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
79  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
por  

ISO 639 3
bel  
por  

ISO 639 6
bel  
por  

Glottocode
bela1254  
port1283  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Belarusian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Portuguese language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Belarusian and Portuguese Language History.

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

Belarusian vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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