Countries
India
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
110
0
46
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National Language
India
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
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Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
- 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.
Similar To
Kannada Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
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Latin
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million231.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %3.27 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.70 million216.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tulu
Português
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Português
French Name
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portugais
German Name
Tulu
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Portuguese people or portugueses