Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Israel
National Language
Portugal
Israel
Second Language
United States of America
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Poland
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Academy of the Hebrew 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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Latin
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
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Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Como você está?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
boa noite
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
boa Noite
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
bom Dia
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
Por Favor
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
pesaroso
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
tchau
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Eu te amo
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Brazil
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Portugal
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Português
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Português
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
portugais
hébreu
German Name
Portugiesisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Not Available
Origin
3rd Century
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Not Available
Canaanitic
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Modern Hebrew
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
hebr1246
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Portuguese and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Hebrew language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.