Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
India, No official status
  
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 in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
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
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
40.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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