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Portuguese and Nepali


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
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

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

Alphabets
48  
28
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
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
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

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  

History

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
59  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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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All Nepali 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 Nepali and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Portuguese Speaking population

Nepali and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Portuguese on Nepali vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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