Marathi and Portuguese Speaking countries

Marathi and Portuguese as Minority Language

In Marathi and Portuguese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Marathi and Portuguese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Marathi and Portuguese dialects, then you can go to Marathi vs Portuguese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Marathi and Portuguese Regulators

Marathi and Portuguese speaking countries provide you Marathi and Portuguese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad regulates Marathi language.Portuguese is regulated by Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras. Also get to learn, Marathi and Portuguese Language History.

Marathi and Portuguese Continents

Thinking about Marathi and Portuguese continents in which Marathi and Portuguese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Marathi and Portuguese. Most of the Marathi speaking countries lie in Asia. While Portuguese speaking countries lie in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Marathi and Portuguese languages:

Marathi Interesting Facts:

• Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
• Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.

Portuguese Interesting Facts:

• 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.

The Marathi language was derived from Sanskrit Language and is similar to Konkani Language whereas Marathi language is similar to Spanish and Galician Languages and derived from Latin.