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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Ukraine  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
obrigado  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
boa noite  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Por Favor  
будь ласк  

Sorry
pesaroso  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
tchau  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Português  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
portugais  
ukrainien  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
6  
6
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
por  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
por  
ukr  

Glottocode
port1283  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Portuguese and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Ukrainian language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Portuguese and Ukrainian Language History.

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Portuguese and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Ukrainian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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