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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
0  
15

National Language
Portugal  
India  

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  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
11  
8

How Many Consonants
19  
9
34  
24

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
obrigado  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
boa noite  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
Por Favor  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
pesaroso  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
tchau  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
India  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
portugais  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Not Available  

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  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
6  
6
37  
29

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  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
bho  

ISO 639 3
por  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
59-AAF-sa  

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 Bhojpuri Language History

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

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

Portuguese vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

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

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