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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  

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  
Pakistan  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  

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.
  
  • Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
  • The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Persian and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
19  
9
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
(salaam) سلام  

Thank You
obrigado  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  

Good Night
boa noite  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  

Please
Por Favor  
(lotfan) لطفا  

Sorry
pesaroso  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  

Bye
tchau  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
6,500,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
21,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
95,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.58 %  
26

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
(paṧto) پښتو  

Alternative Names
Português  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  

French Name
portugais  
pachto  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Paschtu  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Pashtun  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1651  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  

Language Position
6  
6
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
ps  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
pus  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
pus  

ISO 639 3
por  
pus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
pash1269  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
58-ABD-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Portuguese and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Pashto language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. 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 Pashto Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Pashto Difficulty

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

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