Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Sri Lanka
National Language
Portugal
Sri Lanka
Second Language
United States of America
Sri Lanka
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
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Como você está?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
boa noite
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
boa Noite
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
bom Dia
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Por Favor
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
pesaroso
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Eu te amo
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Vedda
Where They Speak
Brazil
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Not Available
Where They Speak
Portugal
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Not Available
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Português
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Português
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
portugais
singhalais
German Name
Portugiesisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
sinh1246
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Portuguese and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Sinhalese language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.