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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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