Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Iran
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Iran
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Antartica
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Not Available
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Persian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Luri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, NA
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
hello
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
how are you
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
Good night
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
Good evening
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
Good morning
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Please
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
sorry
  
Bye
tchau
  
bye
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
i love you
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
excuse me
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Feyli lurish
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Bakhtiari
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Iran
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
3,000,000.00
  
18
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Laki
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Iran
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
20
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
0.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
0.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
89.00 million
  
10
Native Name
Português
  
nanme
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Lori, Luri, Luristani
  
French Name
portugais
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Lurs
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
gd
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
gd
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
12
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
12
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
12
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Portuguese and Luri 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 Luri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Luri language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Luri word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Luri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Luri Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Luri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Luri 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 Luri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Luri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Luri time required is 25 weeks.