Countries
India
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
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 in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.