Nepali and Portuguese Speaking countries

Nepali and Portuguese as Minority Language

In Nepali and Portuguese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Nepali 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 Nepali and Portuguese dialects, then you can go to Nepali vs Portuguese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Nepali and Portuguese Regulators

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

Nepali and Portuguese Continents

Thinking about Nepali and Portuguese continents in which Nepali and Portuguese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Nepali and Portuguese. Most of the Nepali 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 Nepali and Portuguese languages:

Nepali Interesting Facts:

• Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
• Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.

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 Nepali language was derived from Sanskrit Language and is similar to Hindi whereas Nepali language is similar to Spanish and Galician Languages and derived from Latin.