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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
23  
5
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
11  
8

How Many Consonants
19  
9
33  
23

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  
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)  

Dialects

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
4,000.00  
36
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
4.70 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
6  
6
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Portuguese and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Hindi language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi Language History.

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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.

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