Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
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 in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Brazil
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Portugal
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Daman and Diu
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
Origin
6th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Slovak
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
slov1269
port1283
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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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.