1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Portugal
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
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
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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
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Eu te amo
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
desculpe me
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4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
204,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Pangal
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Portugal
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Meithei proper
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4,000.001,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
231.00 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
216.00 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
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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
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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