1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
1.8 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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Konkani Language
1.10 Derived From
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
obrigado
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
boa noite
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
boa Noite
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
bom Dia
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
Por Favor
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
pesaroso
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Eu te amo
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
desculpe me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
204,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Varhadi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Khandeshi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4,000.001,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
231.00 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
216.00 million68.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
15.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Português
मराठी (marāṭhī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Marathi people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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