Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
102
0
46
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National Language
Portugal
China, Mongolia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2335
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
913
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1920
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Olá
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
obrigado
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Como você está?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
boa noite
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
boa Noite
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
bom Dia
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Por Favor
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
pesaroso
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
tchau
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Eu te amo
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Brazil
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Portugal
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
4,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
268
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.27 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
216.00 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Português
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Português
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
portugais
mongol
German Name
Portugiesisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Mongols
Origin
3rd Century
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Romance
Mongolian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
626
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pt
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
por
mon
ISO 639 2/B
por
mon
ISO 639 3
por
mon
ISO 639 6
por
mon
Glottocode
port1283
mong1331
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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