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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
16  
13

How Many Consonants
19  
9
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Namaskar  

Thank You
obrigado  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
boa noite  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Not Available  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Por Favor  
Chike  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Maf kor  

Bye
tchau  
Adeus  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Goa  

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

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Not Available  

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Português  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
portugais  
konkani  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Kokani  

Language Position
6  
6
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
kok  

ISO 639 3
por  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
goan1235  

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  

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Portuguese and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Konkani language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Konkani Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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