Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Portugal
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
United States of America
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
متشکرم
How Are You?
Como você está?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
boa noite
شب بخیر
Good Evening
boa Noite
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
bom Dia
صبح به خیر
I Love You
Eu te amo
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
desculpe me
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Brazil
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Portugal
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
فارسی
Alternative Names
Português
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
portugais
persan
German Name
Portugiesisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Persian people
Origin
3rd Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Persian
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
fars1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Portuguese and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Persian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Persian Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.