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Pashto and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   

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   
Pakistan   

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)   

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.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Persian and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
23   
5
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
19   
9
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
(salaam) سلام   

Thank You
obrigado   
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   

Good Night
boa noite   
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   

Please
Por Favor   
(lotfan) لطفا   

Sorry
pesaroso   
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   

Bye
tchau   
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
(paṧto) پښتو   

Alternative Names
Português   
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   

French Name
portugais   
pachto   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Paschtu   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Pashtun   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
1651   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   

Language Position
6   
6
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
ps   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
pus   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
pus   

ISO 639 3
por   
pus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
pash1269   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
58-ABD-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Portuguese and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Pashto Speaking population

Portuguese and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Portuguese and Pashto on Portuguese vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Pashto Language Codes

Portuguese and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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