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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
NA   
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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
European Portuguese   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

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 %   
24
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

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   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Portuguese   

Language Position
23   
19
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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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