Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Como você está?
Good Night
Lahko noč
boa noite
Good Evening
Dober večer
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
bom Dia
I Love You
Ljubim te
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Oprostite
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Brazil
Dialect 2
Resian
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Italy
Portugal
Dialect 3
Styrian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Slovenščina
Português
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Português
French Name
slovène
portugais
German Name
Slowenisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
972-1093
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Slovene
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
slov1268
port1283
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Slovene 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 Slovene and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Portuguese language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovene vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Slovene vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.