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Bengali and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
4  
11

National Language
Portugal  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
United States of America  
India  

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
11  
8

How Many Consonants
19  
9
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
obrigado  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
boa noite  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
Por Favor  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
pesaroso  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
tchau  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
India  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
Português  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
portugais  
bengali  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Bengali  

Language Position
6  
6
4  
4

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
ben  

ISO 639 3
por  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Portuguese and Bengali Speaking population

Portuguese and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Portuguese vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Bengali Language Codes

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

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