Countries
India, Nepal
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
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
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Portugal
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Nepal
Daman and Diu
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Nepali
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
nepa1254
port1283
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Nepali 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 Nepali and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Portuguese language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Nepali vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.