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Maithili vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Maithili


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
10   
6

National Language
India, Nepal   
Portugal   

Second Language
Nepal   
United States of America   

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  
  • 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
Bhojpuri Language   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
19   
9

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Olá   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
boa noite   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
bom Dia   

Please
kripaya   
Por Favor   

Sorry
maf karai   
pesaroso   

Bye
Alavidā   
tchau   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
North India   
Portugal   

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

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
Português   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Português   

French Name
maithili   
portugais   

German Name
Maithili   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
14th century   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Portuguese   

Language Position
40   
31
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
por   

ISO 639 3
mai   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
port1283   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Maithili and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Portuguese language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century 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 Maithili and Portuguese Language History.

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

Maithili vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Maithili vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili 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 Maithili and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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