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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
-  
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
-  
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
22  
12
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
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
35,000,000.00  
21
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
North India  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
4,000.00  
99+

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 %  
35
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

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
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
14th century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Portuguese  

Language Position
40  
37
6  
6

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
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
mai  
por  

Glottocode
mait1250  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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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 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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