Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Portugal
China, Taiwan
Second Language
United States of America
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
obrigado
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Como você está?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
boa noite
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
boa Noite
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
bom Dia
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Por Favor
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
pesaroso
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
Eu te amo
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Brazil
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Wu
Where They Speak
Portugal
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Yue
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
Português
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Português
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French Name
portugais
chinois
German Name
Portugiesisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
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Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Han
Origin
3rd Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
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Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
port1283
sini1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
Portuguese and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Chinese language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Chinese Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.