Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
India
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
NA
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Bengali Language
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Olá
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
obrigado
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Como você está?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
boa noite
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
boa Noite
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
bom Dia
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Por Favor
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
pesaroso
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
I Love You
Eu te amo
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Brazil
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Portugal
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Not Available
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Português
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
portugais
goudjrati
German Name
Portugiesisch
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Gujaratis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
guja1252
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Portuguese and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Gujarati language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.
