Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Fiji, 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, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
tchau
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
Português
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
portugais
  
hindi
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Portuguese and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Hindi language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Hindi Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.