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Portuguese vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
United States of America   
Pakistan   

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
obrigado   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Por Favor   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
tchau   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
Português   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Português   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
portugais   
pendjabi   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
pan   

ISO 639 3
por   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Portuguese and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Punjabi language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Punjabi Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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