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Sanskrit and Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

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  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
16  
13

How Many Consonants
19  
9
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
obrigado  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
boa noite  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
Por Favor  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
pesaroso  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
tchau  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
Not Available  

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Not Available  

French Name
portugais  
sanskrit  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Not Available  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
6  
6
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
san  

ISO 639 3
por  
san  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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All Portuguese and Sanskrit Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Sanskrit dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Sanskrit language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Sanskrit Dialects are spoken in different Sanskrit speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Sanskrit Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Sanskrit Speaking population

Portuguese and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Portuguese and Sanskrit on Portuguese vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Sanskrit Language Codes

Portuguese and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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