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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
4  
11

National Language
Portugal  
India  

Second Language
United States of America  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.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  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
obrigado  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
boa noite  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
Por Favor  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
pesaroso  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
tchau  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
2,400,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
7,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
1.10 %  
18

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
3.00 million  
32

Native Name
Português  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
portugais  
marathe  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
10th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Marathi  

Language Position
6  
6
17  
15

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
mar  

ISO 639 3
por  
mar  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
omr  

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 Marathi Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Marathi language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th 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 Marathi Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Marathi Difficulty

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

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