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Assamese and Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
11  
8

How Many Consonants
19  
9
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
obrigado  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
boa noite  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
suprobhaat  

Please
Por Favor  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
pesaroso  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
tchau  
biḍai  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Português  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
portugais  
assamais  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Assamese  

Language Position
6  
6
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
asm  

ISO 639 3
por  
asm  

ISO 639 6
por  
asm  

Glottocode
port1283  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Portuguese and Assamese Speaking population

Portuguese and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Portuguese and Assamese on Portuguese vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Assamese Language Codes

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

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