Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Portugal
Second Language
Roman Empire
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Olá
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
obrigado
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Como você está?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
boa noite
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
boa Tarde
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
bom Dia
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Por Favor
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
pesaroso
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Greece
Brazil
Dialect 2
Griko
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Italy
Portugal
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Daman and Diu
Native Name
ελληνικά
Português
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Português
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
portugais
German Name
Neugriechisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1500 BC
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Romance
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gree1276
port1283
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek and Portuguese Speaking population
Greek and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Portuguese on Greek vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Portuguese Language Codes
Greek and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.