1, Portuguese pentavowels usually represent fourteen vowel factors and two semi-vowel phonemes, five of which are nasal vowels; In Spanish, a vowel letter usually represents a vowel factor and there is no nasal vowel.
2. Portuguese prefers diphthongs, for example, Latin ego is EU (I) in Portuguese; In Spanish, there is a preference for ascending diphthongs, such as ego in Latin and yo in Spanish.
3. Portuguese emphasizes stressed syllables, which last for a long time; The duration of each syllable in Spanish words is roughly equal.
4. Portuguese is pronounced with a small mouth and a closed voice; When Spanish is pronounced, the mouth is big and the sound is open.
2. In terms of grammar:
Take verbs as an example. Besides the inflectional forms and tense usage of verbs are quite different, the Portuguese invented the personal infinitive, which enables the infinitive to be inflected according to the person, breaking the linguistic definition of the infinitive. This unique phenomenon surprises linguists deeply.
Extended data:
1, Portuguese (6 universities, about 7 Portuguese-speaking countries and regions)
Most Portuguese-speaking countries are concentrated in Africa, with five. In terms of language, Portuguese and Spanish are close, but in terms of employment, Portuguese and French are close. Like French, Africa is also a battlefield for Portuguese employment.
When we talk about Portuguese-speaking Africa, we must talk about one country-Angola. Angola's contribution to China is not only basketball in the Olympic Games, but also China's largest trading partner in Africa. What is more exaggerated is that Xiao 'an actually replaced Xiao 'an as the largest oil supplier in China in early 2008. It goes without saying how complementary the economies of China and Angola are.
However, for many people, Africa just wants to be far away, but is unwilling to be near. If you don't want to go, it doesn't matter. Brazil, the Portuguese-speaking South American football kingdom, is also an important position to attract Portuguese-speaking talents. Brazil, China, Russia and India are called BRIC countries, which have the greatest economic development potential. No matter now or in the future, the number of Portuguese-speaking graduates is far from meeting the demand in the short term.
Portugal, the birthplace of Portuguese, does not provide many employment opportunities, but the demand is always there. Portuguese speakers have their foothold and base areas on three continents.
2. Spanish (565,438+0 universities, more than 20 Spanish-speaking countries and regions)
There are more than 20 Spanish-speaking countries, and about 406 million people in seven continents speak Spanish as their mother tongue, most of whom are in Latin American countries. At present, the number of Spanish institutions in China has also increased to 5 1. Judging from the training market in the past two years, Spanish has warmed up the fastest, on the one hand, because of the opening of the study abroad market in American countries, on the other hand, the market has more demand for Spanish talents.
Spanish-speaking countries are mostly concentrated in Latin America, which is greatly influenced by the West, and their economic dependence on the United States is not strong, and the demand for Spanish talents is relatively stable. At present, the good employment situation benefits from the law that things are scarce and precious. In recent years, the number of Spanish-language colleges will increase sharply, and the right jobs will gradually have the right people, so the Spanish-language employment will probably not have such obvious advantages in the future.