Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
India
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Govenment of Goa
  
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.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Chike
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
tchau
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Goa
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
portugais
  
konkani
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
1209 A.D.
  
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
  
Kokani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
goan1235
  
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
  
Portuguese and Konkani Speaking population
Portuguese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Portuguese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Portuguese and Konkani Language Codes
Portuguese and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.