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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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