Countries
India, Nepal
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
210
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Portugal
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4823
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3619
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Olá
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
obrigado
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Como você está?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
boa noite
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
boa Tarde
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
bom Dia
Please
कृपया
Por Favor
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
pesaroso
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
tchau
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Doteli
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Nepal
Brazil
How Many People Speak
790,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Portugal
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Nepal
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.004,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1226
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million231.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.25 %3.27 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million216.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Português
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Português
French Name
népalais
portugais
German Name
Nepali
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
19 BC
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Nepali
Portuguese
Language Position
596
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
pt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
por
ISO 639 2/B
nep
por
ISO 639 3
npi
por
ISO 639 6
nep
por
Glottocode
nepa1254
port1283
Linguasphere
12
51-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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