Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Russia
Portugal
Second Language
Afganistan
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Olá
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
obrigado
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Como você está?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
boa noite
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
bom Dia
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Por Favor
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
pesaroso
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
tchau
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Brazil
Dialect 2
Olonets
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Olonets
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Português
Alternative Names
Russki
Português
French Name
russe
portugais
German Name
Russisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Russians
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1000 AD
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
port1283
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Russian and Portuguese 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 Russian and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Portuguese language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Russian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Russian and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.