1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Portugal
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Persian and Balochi 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
Right-To-Left, 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
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
boa noite
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
boa Noite
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
bom Dia
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
pesaroso
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
tchau
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Eu te amo
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
desculpe me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Brazil
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
204,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Portugal
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Wanetsi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
231.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
216.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Pashtun
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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Portuguese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
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