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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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