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Nepali and Portuguese


Portuguese and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
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
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

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

Alphabets
48   
28
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
19   
9

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
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   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
3.27 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
59   
99+
6   
6

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Nepali and Portuguese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Portuguese Speaking population

Nepali and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Portuguese on Nepali vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Portuguese Language Codes

Nepali and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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