Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Portugal
Second Language
South Africa
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
obrigado
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Como você está?
Good Night
goede Nacht
boa noite
Good Evening
goedenavond
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
boa Tarde
Good Morning
goedemorgen
bom Dia
Please
alsjeblieft
Por Favor
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
pardon
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Gronings
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Brazil
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Portugal
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Nederlands
Português
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Português
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
portugais
German Name
Niederländisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
AD 450-500
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
port1283
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Dutch 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 Dutch and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Portuguese language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Dutch vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.