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Gujarati and Portuguese


Portuguese and Gujarati


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
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
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
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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 Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
31  
21
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Olá  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
bom Dia  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
pesaroso  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
tchau  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Surati  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
-  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Português  

French Name
goudjrati  
portugais  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
15  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Portuguese  

Language Position
23  
21
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
por  

ISO 639 3
guj  
por  

ISO 639 6
guj  
por  

Glottocode
guja1252  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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 Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Portuguese Speaking population

Gujarati and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Portuguese on Gujarati vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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