Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
Portugal
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
United States of America
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
French and Portuguese Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
grazie
How Are You?
Como você está?
Come stai?
Good Night
boa noite
buonanotte
Good Evening
boa Noite
buonasera
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
bom Dia
buongiorno
Please
Por Favor
Per Favore
I Love You
Eu te amo
Ti amo
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Scusami
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Brazil
Lazio
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Portugal
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Italiano
Alternative Names
Português
Italiano
French Name
portugais
italien
German Name
Portugiesisch
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Italians
Origin
3rd Century
960 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Italian
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
itas
Glottocode
port1283
ital1282
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Portuguese and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Italian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Italian Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.