Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
India, Manipur
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
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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
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
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Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
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Good Morning
bom Dia
Nongale haugatl
Please
Por Favor
Chanbiduna
I Love You
Eu te amo
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
desculpe me
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Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Loi
Where They Speak
Brazil
Burma, Laos
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Pangal
Where They Speak
Portugal
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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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]
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Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Meithei people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Romance
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
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Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
pt
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
port1283
mani1292
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
omp
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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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.