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Portuguese and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
10  
6

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Portugal  

Second Language
India  
United States of America  

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

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • 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
Assamese and Oriya  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
9  
6

How Many Consonants
40  
29
19  
9

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Olá  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
bom Dia  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
pesaroso  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
tchau  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Hajong  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
India  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Português  

French Name
bengali  
portugais  

German Name
Bengali  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Portuguese  

Language Position
4  
4
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
por  

ISO 639 3
ben  
por  

ISO 639 6
ben  
por  

Glottocode
beng1280  
port1283  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Bengali 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 Bengali and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bengali and Portuguese Speaking population

Bengali and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Portuguese on Bengali vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Portuguese Language Codes

Bengali and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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