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
  
National Language
Portugal
  
India
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
tchau
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Português
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
portugais
  
marathe
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available