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Gujarati 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   
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   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

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

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
obrigado   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
Por Favor   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
tchau   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
portugais   
goudjrati   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
6   
6
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
guj   

ISO 639 3
por   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
guja1252   

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   
Not Available   

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

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Portuguese and Gujarati Speaking population

Portuguese and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Portuguese vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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