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Portuguese vs Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
10  
6

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Portugal  

Second Language
India  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • 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
Assamese and Oriya  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
9  
6

How Many Consonants
40  
29
19  
9

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Olá  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
bom Dia  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
pesaroso  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
tchau  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
36
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Hajong  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
36
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
India  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
16
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Português  

French Name
bengali  
portugais  

German Name
Bengali  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Portuguese  

Language Position
4  
4
6  
6

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
por  

ISO 639 3
ben  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
beng1280  
port1283  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Bengali and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Bengali vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Bengali and Portuguese language. History of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bengali and Portuguese Language History.

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Bengali 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 Bengali and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Portuguese language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bengali vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Bengali vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali 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 Bengali and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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