Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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.
  
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
tchau
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Português
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
portugais
  
birman
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating