Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Indonesia
National Language
Portugal
Indonesia
Second Language
United States of America
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Malay language
Derived From
Latin
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
obrigado
Terima kasih
How Are You?
Como você está?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
boa noite
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
boa Noite
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
bom Dia
Selamat Pagi
Please
Por Favor
mohon Untuk
Bye
tchau
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Eu te amo
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Permisi
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Brazil
Indonesia
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Balinese
Where They Speak
Portugal
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Indonesia, Malaysia
Native Name
Português
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Português
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
portugais
indonésien
German Name
Portugiesisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
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Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Indonesians
Origin
3rd Century
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Indonesian
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
indo1316
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Portuguese and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Indonesian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.