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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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
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
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00   
11
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Waray   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00   
13
4,000.00   
36

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
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
45.00 million   
23
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
filipino   
Português   

Alternative Names
Pilipino   
Português   

French Name
filipino; pilipino   
portugais   

German Name
Pilipino   
Portugiesisch   

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

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
16th Century   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Filipino   
Portuguese   

Language Position
Not Available   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fili1244   
port1283   

Linguasphere
No Data Available   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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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