Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
India
Total No. Of Countries
101
0
46
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National Language
Portugal
India
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
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Marathi
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.27 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
216.00 million7.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
15.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Português
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Português
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
portugais
konkani
German Name
Portugiesisch
Konkani
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Konkanis