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
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Bye
tchau
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
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
204,000,000.00
  
4
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
10,000,000.00
  
9
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
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
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
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.