Countries
Fiji, 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, Oceania
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
tchau
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Português
  
French Name
hindi
  
portugais
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
7th Century
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available