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Portuguese vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
10  
6

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Portugal  

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

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

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
9  
6

How Many Consonants
38  
27
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Olá  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
bom Dia  

Please
Prosím  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Pardón!  
pesaroso  

Bye
Dovidenia  
tchau  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
slovenčina  
Português  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Português  

French Name
slovaque  
portugais  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
6th Century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Romance  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Portuguese  

Language Position
27  
25
6  
6

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
por  

ISO 639 3
slk  
por  

ISO 639 6
slk  
por  

Glottocode
slov1269  
port1283  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Slovak and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Portuguese language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Slovak and Portuguese Language History.

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

Slovak vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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