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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
-  
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  
17
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
11,000,000.00  
36
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Lach  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
10,500,000.00  
36
10,000,000.00  
37

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  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

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
10.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk  
Português  

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina  
Português  

French Name
tchèque  
portugais  

German Name
Tschechisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  
[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  
-  

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
ces  
por  

Glottocode
czec1258  
port1283  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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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