I heard that Portuguese is closer to italian than spanish, but I want to know everyone elses point of view.
2006-08-13 13:05:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, and a few other languages are all based in Latin (they are called Romance languages because Rome is the place from where Latin spread)and are all fairly similar. As to your specific question, Portuguese is more closely related to Spanish than Italian. May God bless and keep you.
2006-08-13 13:06:42 · answer #1 · answered by blowry007 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Portuguese is closer to Spanish, so much so that some linguists count them as the same language. Portuguese is NOT a mix of French and Italian.
Actually, the closest language to Portuguese is Galician, a language of northwestern Spain.
EDIT: Italian is NOT closer to Spanish than is Portuguese. Italian's closest relative is the extinct Dalmatian language and after that the Franco-Provencal languages of northern Italy and southeastern France. Besides Portuguese, Galician, and Catalan, the closest relative to Spanish is FRENCH, not Italian.
2006-08-13 13:11:58 · answer #2 · answered by Taivo 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Portuguese is closer to Spanish but Italian is closest to Spanish, even more than Portuguese. Cheers
2006-08-14 09:21:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think Spanish because when I was working at the Sydney Olympics my friend and I were working with the Brazilian athletes who hardly spoke a word of English and we didn't know Portuguese, but my friend was quite fluent in Spanish and was able to carry out a decent conversation with the Brazilians.
2006-08-13 13:15:59 · answer #4 · answered by Aussie Chick 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think that they are all in the same level of closeness. I mean, some days ago, I asked a question in Yahoo answers in Spanish and everybody over there understood it and answered in Italian.. which I was also able to understand. A month ago some firends came from Brazil speaking in Portuguese and we were able to understand... So, I think that those three are really well connected
2006-08-13 14:10:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Baby ioye!, Portuguese is closer to Spanish than any other language.
Look at this: (1)....Estoy aqui...(sp.)- I am here
(2).....Estou aqui...(port.)- I am here
Both mean the same,with portuguese being kind of a copy-cat
2006-08-13 16:41:44 · answer #6 · answered by Phinoeas 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hi! This is StepCat! To tell you the truth, I am taking Spanish 1 and the Portuguese language is nothing but a dialect of Spanish.
2006-08-13 13:08:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
It's a mix between Spanish and French.
2006-08-14 15:42:09 · answer #8 · answered by bunny 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very close to Spanish.
2006-08-13 13:06:22 · answer #9 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Closer to spanish, my mother in law spoke portugese
2006-08-13 13:12:17 · answer #10 · answered by Brandy 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋