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Gujarati 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  
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  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

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

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
obrigado  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
boa noite  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
Por Favor  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
pesaroso  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
tchau  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
Português  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
portugais  
goudjrati  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
6  
6
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
guj  

ISO 639 3
por  
guj  

ISO 639 6
por  
guj  

Glottocode
port1283  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
No data available  

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

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Portuguese and Gujarati Speaking population

Portuguese and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Portuguese vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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