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Khasi vs 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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Portuguese and Khasi Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Khasi language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Khasi language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Khasi language states that this language originated in 1200 AD. 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 Khasi Language History.

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Portuguese and Khasi 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 Khasi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Khasi language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Khasi word for "Thank You" is Khublei. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Khasi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Khasi Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Khasi 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 Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Khasi time required is 44 weeks.

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