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Nepali vs Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
Nepal   

Second Language
United States of America   
Republic of Brazil   

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
People's Republic of China   

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

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Hindi   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
obrigado   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Por Favor   
कृपया   

Sorry
pesaroso   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
tchau   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
India, Nepal   

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Português   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
portugais   
népalais   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Nepali   

Language Position
6   
6
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
nep   

ISO 639 3
por   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Portuguese and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Nepali language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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