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Countries

Countries

Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

103
0 46
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National Language

Portugal
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

United States of America
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Spanish and Galician Languages
Armenian

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2324
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

97
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1917
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Olá
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

obrigado
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Como você está?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

boa noite
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

boa Noite
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

boa Tarde
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

bom Dia
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Por Favor
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

pesaroso
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

tchau
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Eu te amo
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

desculpe me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brazilian Portuguese
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Brazil
Greece

How Many People Speak

204,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

European Portuguese
Griko

Where They Speak

Portugal
Italy

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Daman and Diu
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

4,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2625
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

231.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.27 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

216.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Português
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Português
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

portugais
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Portugiesisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Portuguese people or portugueses
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

3rd Century
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Portuguese
Modern Greek

Language Position

674
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Portuguese
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pt
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

por
ell

ISO 639 2/B

por
gre

ISO 639 3

por
ell

ISO 639 6

por
ells

Glottocode

port1283
gree1276

Linguasphere

51-AAA-a
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Portuguese and Greek Alphabets

Portuguese and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and Greek. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Portuguese and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and Greek languages. The Portuguese phonology consist Portuguese vowels and Portuguese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Portuguese greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

All Portuguese and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Portuguese and Greek Speaking population

Portuguese and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Portuguese and Greek on Portuguese vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Greek Language Codes

Portuguese and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.