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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
10   
6

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
Not Available   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Old German Language   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
19   
9

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
Olá   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
obrigado   

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

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
boa noite   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
bom Dia   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
Por Favor   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
pesaroso   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
tchau   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Brazil   

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

Dialect 2
Not present   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Portugal   

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

Dialect 3
Not present   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
26   
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
Português   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Português   

French Name
sanskrit   
portugais   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Romance   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Portuguese   

Language Position
Not Available   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
por   

ISO 639 3
san   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
port1283   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Sanskrit and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Portuguese language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Sanskrit and Portuguese Language History.

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

Sanskrit vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Sanskrit and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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