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
  
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 in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
215.00 million
  
9
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.