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Filipino vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Philippines  
Portugal  

Second Language
Philippines  
United States of America  

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
Olá  

Thank You
Salamat  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Kumusta  
Como você está?  

Good Night
magandang gabi  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
bom Dia  

Please
Mangyaring  
Por Favor  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
pesaroso  

Bye
Paalam  
tchau  

I Love You
Mahal kita  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00  
7
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
39
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Waray  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
1.74 %  
11
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
filipino  
Português  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
Português  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
portugais  

German Name
Pilipino  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Filipino people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
16th Century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Portuguese  

Language Position
34  
32
6  
6

Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
por  

ISO 639 3
fil  
por  

ISO 639 6
fil  
por  

Glottocode
fili1244  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No Data Available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Filipino and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Portuguese language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Filipino and Portuguese Language History.

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

Filipino vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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