Countries
Myanmar
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Myanmar
Portugal
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Mon
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as 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
Thai Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Olá
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
obrigado
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Como você está?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
boa noite
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
boa Tarde
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
bom Dia
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Por Favor
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
pesaroso
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
tchau
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Brazil
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Portugal
Dialect 3
Intha
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Burma
Daman and Diu
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Português
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Português
French Name
birman
portugais
German Name
Birmanisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1113 AD
3rd Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
Burmese 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 Burmese and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Portuguese language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Burmese vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese 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 Burmese and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.