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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

National Language
Portugal  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Latin  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
42  
31

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
obrigado  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
boa noite  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
Por Favor  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
tchau  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Upper Sindh  

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

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Central Sindh  

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Lower Sindh  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Português  
Not Available  

French Name
portugais  
sindhi  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Not Available  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Sindhi  

Language Position
6  
6
50  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
snd  

ISO 639 3
por  
snd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Portuguese and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Sindhi language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Sindhi Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.

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