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Khasi vs Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Kumno   

Thank You
obrigado   
Khublei   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
boa noite   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
khublei   

Please
Por Favor   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Map   

Bye
tchau   
khublei   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
0.84 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
0.84 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Português   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
portugais   
khasi   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
Not Available   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Khasi   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
kha   

ISO 639 3
por   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
khas1269   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Portuguese and Khasi Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Khasi language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Khasi language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Khasi language states that this language originated in Not Available. 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 Khasi Language History.

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Portuguese and Khasi 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 Khasi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Khasi language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Khasi word for "Thank You" is Khublei. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Khasi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Khasi Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Khasi 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 Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Khasi time required is Not Available.

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