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[–]outra_pessoa 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (11 children)

I'm fine, thanks for asking. India seems to be a nice place, I'm from Brazil and I always wanted to visit Goa, they say there are still people who speak portuguese there. And you, how do you do?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

From Wikipedia:

Konkani is spoken as a native language by about 66.11% of the people in the state, but almost all Goans can speak and understand Konkani. Other linguistic groups in the state per the 2011 census are speakers of Marathi (10.89%), Hindi (10.29%), Kannada (4.66%), Urdu (2.83%) and Portuguese language (1 %).

I assume that's only primary languages, so the percent of people who can speak Portuguese is pro'ly higher, but I bet it ain't a majority.

[–]outra_pessoa 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

It's okay, even if it is only 1% it would be already more people than the population of the majority of Portuguese cities.

[–]johnnybravo 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

You might think so but this is Goa we are talking about; very small state (rank 28 of 36 states and union territories) with a population of 1.4 mil. So 1% is 14000 if i didnt fail 3rd grade math.

[–]outra_pessoa 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I know this is very surprising, but the majority of cities in Portugal have less than 15.000 people. And as ameliamay said, this 1% probably does not count people who speak portuguese as a second language. So yeah, visiting goa I will probably see more portuguese speakers than visiting any rural city in portugal. It is not serious tough, just a fun fact.

[–]johnnybravo 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Holy shit! I thought, when you said 'cities' they'd have like 1,00,000 people. I wonder how peaceful it would be living in such small population density.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, you could probably find a lot of people to talk to in Portuguese.

[–]satinder85[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Hey,

Goa is a state, it have lot of beaches. You'll enjoy your stay if you like water activities. Brazil is a beautiful country. It's famous for Christ the Redeemer Statue..

[–]outra_pessoa 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I live near Rio de Janeiro, the city with the big Christ statue. It is an impressive wonder but there are many other cooler spots in the city. There is a cathedral whose insides are all covered in gold, and there is also a giant tropical forest in the middle of the city, so big that you can actually get lost inside. But anyway, there was a really famous Indian guy here in Brazil, his name was Sai Baba, I once met a guy who actually ate his ashes and went to India solely to meet him.

[–]satinder85[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sai Baba is treated like a god here in India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Baba_of_Shirdi

He died on 15 October 1918.

[–]outra_pessoa 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

not this sai baba tough, I was talking about this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba

[–]satinder85[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

ohh my bad..