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Portuguese and Marathi


Marathi and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
4   
11

National Language
Portugal   
India   

Second Language
United States of America   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

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

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

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

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
23   
5
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
16   
13

How Many Consonants
19   
9
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
obrigado   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
Por Favor   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
tchau   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
Português   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
portugais   
marathe   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
10th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Marathi   

Language Position
6   
6
17   
15

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
mar   

ISO 639 3
por   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Portuguese and Marathi Speaking population

Portuguese and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Portuguese vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Marathi Language Codes

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

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