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Assamese and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
11   
8

How Many Consonants
19   
9
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
obrigado   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
boa noite   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
suprobhaat   

Please
Por Favor   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
pesaroso   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
tchau   
biḍai   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Assam   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
15.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
portugais   
assamais   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Assamese   

Language Position
6   
6
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
asm   

ISO 639 3
por   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
59-AAF-w   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Portuguese and Assamese 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 Portuguese and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Assamese Speaking population

Portuguese and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Portuguese and Assamese on Portuguese vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Assamese Language Codes

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

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