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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
4   
11

National Language
Portugal   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
United States of America   
India   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
11   
8

How Many Consonants
19   
9
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
obrigado   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
Por Favor   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
tchau   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
India   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
Português   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
portugais   
bengali   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Bengali   

Language Position
6   
6
4   
4

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
ben   

ISO 639 3
por   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
59-AAF-u   

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 Bengali Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Bengali language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. 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 Bengali Language History.

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Portuguese and Bengali 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 Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Bengali language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Bengali Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Bengali 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 Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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