Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Portugal
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
tchau
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Not Available
  
French Name
portugais
  
mongol
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Not Available
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available