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Balochi vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
4  
11

National Language
Portugal  
Iran  

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  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Kurdish and Persian  

Derived From
Latin  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
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  
Salam  

Thank You
obrigado  
mana bebahgsh  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
chone tao?  

Good Night
boa noite  
jawáin shap  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
jawáin begáh  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
سلام علیکم  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
jawáin sawáh  

Please
Por Favor  
Mihrabani kan  

Sorry
pesaroso  
bebaksh / bebagsh  

Bye
tchau  
bye  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Tu mana doost biyeh  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
mana bebahgsh  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Eastern Balochi  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Pakistan  

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

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Western Balochi  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Southern Balochi  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
3,400,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
8.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Português  
بلوچی  

Alternative Names
Português  
Baluchi  

French Name
portugais  
baloutchi  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Belutschisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[bəˈloʧi]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Balochi  

Language Position
6  
6
39  
36

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Balochi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
bal  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
bal  

ISO 639 3
por  
bal  

ISO 639 6
por  
bal  

Glottocode
port1283  
balo1260  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
58-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Portuguese and Balochi Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Balochi language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Balochi language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Portuguese and Balochi Language History.

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Portuguese and Balochi Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Portuguese and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Balochi language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Balochi Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Balochi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Portuguese and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.

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