Countries
Norway
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Norway
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Como você está?
Good Night
god natt
boa noite
Good Evening
god kveld
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
boa Tarde
Good Morning
god morgen
bom Dia
Please
Vær så snill
Por Favor
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Brazil
Dialect 2
Sognamål
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Sogn
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
Português
Alternative Names
Norsk
Português
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
portugais
German Name
Nynorsk
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
c. 1300 AD
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
port1283
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Portuguese language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.