Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Afganistan
  
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 in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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?
231.00 million
  
7
60.00 million
  
27
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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