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Countries

Countries
Assam, 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
Assam, India  
Portugal  

Second Language
-  
United States of America  

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

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • 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
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
Olá  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
बोडो  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
bom Dia  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
दु:खित  
pesaroso  

Bye
Lwrbw  
tchau  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Português  

French Name
bodo  
portugais  

German Name
Bodo  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1913  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
-  
Portuguese  

Language Position
30  
28
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
por  

ISO 639 3
brx  
por  

ISO 639 6
brx  
por  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
port1283  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bodo and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Bodo vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Bodo and Portuguese language. History of Bodo language states that this language originated in 1913 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Bodo and Portuguese Language History.

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

Bodo vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Bodo vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Bodo and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is 34 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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