Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Portugal
  
India, Pakistan
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
tchau
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
5.42 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
portugais
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
kash1277
  
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