I speak Portuguese and understand lots of spanish (i live in the states), and the more i hear it, the more I'm convinced how similar the languages are. I think that if you revise the portuguese orthograph a little, you have the same languages. Any ideas? How different is Portuguese from Spanish? Which one originated from the other? Did they both branch off of an older language? Are they growing apart?
2006-09-11 13:02:55 · 3 answers · asked by Lobo man 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Portugese originated from Galician, a dialect spoken in Galicia Spain that is very similar to Portugese, both Spain and Portugal have influences from the Moors and thus have many words that are derived from Arabic. Portuguese is much more complex that Spanish however and you will find that most Portuguese speakers can understand Spanish but not visa versa.
2006-09-12 18:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by martin l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went to Brazil once and was able to communicate with my Spanish. It is very similar. Really it seems to be a mixture of Spanish and French. All 3 have Latin roots. If you analyze words you will see that there are many similarities. In Portuguese where you see and F you often have a silent H in Spanish (farina/harina). This is consistent with many words. There are similarities as well. I studied it once at the University of Akron. I would have to look up the other similarities, b ut you are correct. They are very alike and have the same root.
2006-09-11 22:25:35 · answer #2 · answered by Melanie L 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I've heard that Portuguese is more closely related to Italian but yes it has a few similarities to spanish .
2006-09-11 21:54:22 · answer #3 · answered by RedRose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋