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Meithei vs Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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   
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   

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.
  
  • Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
  • The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
15   
5

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Khurumjari   

Thank You
obrigado   
Yamna nungaijare   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Athengba Ahing   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Not Available   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Nongale haugatl   

Please
Por Favor   
Chanbiduna   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Saobiganu   

Bye
tchau   
Chatcharage   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Eina nangbu nungsi   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Loi   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Burma, Laos   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Pangal   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
273,000.00   
32

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Meithei proper   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
1,250,000.00   
19

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
1.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
মৈইতৈইলোন   

Alternative Names
Português   
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   

French Name
portugais   
Meithei   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Meithei   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Meithei people   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
1700   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Standard Meithei   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
mni   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
mni   

ISO 639 3
por   
mni   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
mani1292   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
omp   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Portuguese and Meithei Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Meithei language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Meithei language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700. 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 Meithei Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Meithei Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Meithei 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 Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.

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