Countries
India
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
India
  
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
NA
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
- 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
Bengali Language
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
tchau
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Português
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
portugais
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
15
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available