Countries
India, Nepal
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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 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
Hindi
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
कृपया
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
tchau
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Português
  
French Name
népalais
  
portugais
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
19 BC
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
12
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available