Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
India, Nepal
National Language
Portugal
Nepal
Second Language
United States of America
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Hindi
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Olá
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
obrigado
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Como você está?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
boa noite
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
boa Noite
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Good afternoon
Good Morning
bom Dia
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
pesaroso
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
tchau
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Eu te amo
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Doteli
Where They Speak
Brazil
Nepal
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Portugal
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Nepal
Native Name
Português
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Português
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
portugais
népalais
German Name
Portugiesisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Nepali
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
port1283
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Portuguese and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Nepali language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Nepali Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.