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Portuguese vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
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
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
26  
16
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
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
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Olá  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
bom Dia  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
pesaroso  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
tchau  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Debar  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Português  

French Name
macédonien  
portugais  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Romance  

Branch
Southern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
45  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
por  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
por  

ISO 639 6
mkd  
por  

Glottocode
mace1250  
port1283  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
-  

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Macedonian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Portuguese language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC 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 Macedonian and Portuguese Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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