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Maithili vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

National Language
Portugal  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
United States of America  
Nepal  

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  
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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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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  
pranam  

Thank You
obrigado  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
boa noite  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Suprabhaat  

Please
Por Favor  
kripaya  

Sorry
pesaroso  
maf karai  

Bye
tchau  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
North India  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Português  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
portugais  
maithili  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Maithil  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
6  
6
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
mai  

ISO 639 3
por  
mai  

ISO 639 6
por  
mai  

Glottocode
port1283  
mait1250  

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 Maithili Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Maithili language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th 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 Maithili Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Maithili Difficulty

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

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