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
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 in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Eu te amo
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Brazil
Kokan
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Portugal
Vidarbha
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Khandesh
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
Origin
3rd Century
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Marathi
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
mara1378
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
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.