Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
National Language
Portugal
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
United States of America
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
multumesc
How Are You?
Como você está?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
boa noite
noapte Buna
Good Evening
boa Noite
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
buna Ziua
Good Morning
bom Dia
bună Dimineața
I Love You
Eu te amo
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Brazil
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Portugal
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Croatia
Native Name
Português
Română
Alternative Names
Português
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
portugais
roumain; moldave
German Name
Portugiesisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Romanians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Romanian
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
roma1327
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
51-AAD-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Portuguese and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Romanian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Romanian Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.