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Balochi vs Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
4   
11

National Language
Portugal   
Iran   

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   
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Kurdish and Persian   

Derived From
Latin   
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Salam   

Thank You
obrigado   
mana bebahgsh   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
chone tao?   

Good Night
boa noite   
jawáin shap   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
jawáin begáh   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Not Available   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
jawáin sawáh   

Please
Por Favor   
Mihrabani kan   

Sorry
pesaroso   
bebaksh / bebagsh   

Bye
tchau   
bye   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Tu mana doost biyeh   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
mana bebahgsh   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Eastern Balochi   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Western Balochi   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Southern Balochi   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
3,400,000.00   
10

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
7.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
بلوچی   

Alternative Names
Português   
Baluchi   

French Name
portugais   
baloutchi   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Belutschisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Balochi   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
bal   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
bal   

ISO 639 3
por   
bal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
balo1260   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
58-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Portuguese and Balochi Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Balochi language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Balochi language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Portuguese and Balochi Language History.

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Portuguese and Balochi Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Portuguese and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Balochi language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Balochi Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Balochi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Portuguese and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.

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