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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

National Language
Portugal  
Czech Republic  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Institute of the Czech Language  

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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
32  
21

How Many Consonants
19  
9
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
ahoj  

Thank You
obrigado  
děkuji  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Jak se máš?  

Good Night
boa noite  
dobrou noc  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
dobré odpoledne  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
dobré ráno  

Please
Por Favor  
prosím  

Sorry
pesaroso  
litovat  

Bye
tchau  
sbohem  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Miluji tě  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
promiňte  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Chod  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Chodsko, Bohemia  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Lach  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
10,500,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Moravian  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
13  
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Português  
čeština / český jazyk  

Alternative Names
Português  
Bohemian, Cestina  

French Name
portugais  
tchèque  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Tschechisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Czechs  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Standard Czech  

Language Position
6  
6
73  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Czech Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
cs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
ces  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
cze  

ISO 639 3
por  
ces  

ISO 639 6
por  
ces  

Glottocode
port1283  
czec1258  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
53-AAA-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Portuguese and Czech Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Czech language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Portuguese and Czech Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Czech Difficulty

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

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