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Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
3.27 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
5  
5
6  
6

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Hindi and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Portuguese language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Portuguese Language History.

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

Hindi vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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