Countries
Thailand
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Thailand
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
- 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
Lao Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Olá
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
obrigado
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Como você está?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
boa noite
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
boa Tarde
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
bom Dia
Please
โปรด (Pord)
Por Favor
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
pesaroso
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
tchau
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Isan
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Isan
Brazil
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Portugal
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Daman and Diu
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Português
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Português
French Name
thaï
portugais
German Name
Thailändisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1283 CE
3rd Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Thai
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Thai
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
port1283
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
Thai 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 Thai and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Portuguese language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Thai vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai 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 Thai and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.