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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
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
Dialect 3
Not Available
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Not Available
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Portuguese language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.