Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
National Language
Portugal
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
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.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Latin
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
Mange tak
How Are You?
Como você está?
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
boa noite
God nat
Good Evening
boa Noite
God aften
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
bom Dia
God morgen
I Love You
Eu te amo
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Scanian
Where They Speak
Brazil
Sweden
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Portugal
Denmark
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Island of Bornholm
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
dansk
Alternative Names
Português
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
portugais
danois
German Name
Portugiesisch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Danish people or Danes
Origin
3rd Century
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Rigsdansk
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
dani1284
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Portuguese and Danish 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 Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Danish language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Danish Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Danish 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 Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.