Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Portugal
Ethiopia
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Como você está?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
boa noite
Dehna dur
Good Evening
boa Noite
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
bom Dia
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Por Favor
i'bakwon
I Love You
Eu te amo
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
desculpe me
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Gondar
Where They Speak
Brazil
Gondar
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Portugal
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Showa
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Ethiopia
Native Name
Português
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Português
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
portugais
amharique
German Name
Portugiesisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Amharas
Origin
3rd Century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
port1283
amha1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Portuguese and Amharic 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 Portuguese and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Amharic language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Amharic Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Amharic 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 Portuguese and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.