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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Bhutan  

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  
India  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
obrigado  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
boa noite  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Not Available  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Not Available  

Please
Por Favor  
Not Available  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Tsip maza  

Bye
tchau  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
Not Available  

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
Português  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
portugais  
dzongkha  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
6  
6
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
por  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
No data Available  

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 Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Dzongkha language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Dzongkha Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.

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