Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
India
  
National Language
Portugal
  
India
  
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
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
tchau
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
portugais
  
oriya
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Odias
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available