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Portuguese and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
0   
15

National Language
Portugal   
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   
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Maithili and Magahi   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
11   
8

How Many Consonants
19   
9
34   
24

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
obrigado   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Please
Por Favor   
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Bye
tchau   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Caribbean Hindustani   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
16,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Fiji Hindi   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
India   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.43 %   
31

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   

French Name
portugais   
bhojpuri   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Bhojpuri   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Not Available   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Bhojpuri   

Language Position
6   
6
37   
29

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
bho   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
bho   

ISO 639 3
por   
bho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
bhoj1246   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
59-AAF-sa   

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

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Portuguese and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Portuguese and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Portuguese vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

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