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Maithili and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
United States of America   
Nepal   

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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
pranam   

Thank You
obrigado   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Por Favor   
kripaya   

Sorry
pesaroso   
maf karai   

Bye
tchau   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Nepal   

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

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
North India   

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Deoghar, France   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Português   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
portugais   
maithili   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Maithil   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
14th 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   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
6   
6
40   
31

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
mai   

ISO 639 3
por   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Portuguese and Maithili Speaking population

Portuguese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Portuguese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Maithili Language Codes

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

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