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Assamese and Portuguese


Portuguese and Assamese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

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

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

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
9  
6

How Many Consonants
41  
30
19  
9

Scripts
Bengali  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Olá  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
obrigado  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
boa noite  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
bom Dia  

Please
anugroha kori  
Por Favor  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
pesaroso  

Bye
biḍai  
tchau  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Assam  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Português  

French Name
assamais  
portugais  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Portuguese  

Language Position
65  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
por  

ISO 639 3
asm  
por  

ISO 639 6
asm  
por  

Glottocode
assa1263  
port1283  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Assamese and Portuguese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Assamese and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Assamese and Portuguese Speaking population

Assamese and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Assamese and Portuguese on Assamese vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Portuguese Language Codes

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