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Czech vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union   
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
Czech Republic   
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, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
  • 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
9   
6

How Many Consonants
32   
22
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ahoj   
Olá   

Thank You
děkuji   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Jak se máš?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
dobrou noc   
boa noite   

Good Evening
dobrý večer   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
dobré ráno   
bom Dia   

Please
prosím   
Por Favor   

Sorry
litovat   
pesaroso   

Bye
sbohem   
tchau   

I Love You
Miluji tě   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
promiňte   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Lach   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   
Portugal   

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

Dialect 3
Moravian   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
27
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
26   
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk   
Português   

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina   
Português   

French Name
tchèque   
portugais   

German Name
Tschechisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Czechs   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
9th Century   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Romance   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Standard Czech   
Portuguese   

Language Position
73   
99+
6   
6

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cs   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
cze   
por   

ISO 639 3
ces   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
czec1258   
port1283   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Czech and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Czech vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and Portuguese language. History of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Czech and Portuguese Language History.

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

Czech vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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