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Khasi and Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
United States of America  
-  

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

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

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Kumno  

Thank You
obrigado  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
boa noite  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
khublei  

Please
Por Favor  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Map  

Bye
tchau  
khublei  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
-  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Português  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Português  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
portugais  
khasi  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Khasi  

Language Position
6  
6
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
kha  

ISO 639 3
por  
kha  

ISO 639 6
por  
kha  

Glottocode
port1283  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Portuguese and Khasi Speaking population

Portuguese and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Portuguese vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Khasi Language Codes

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

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