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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh  
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
  • 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
Gujarati  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
64  
37
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
42  
31
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Assalam O Alaikum  
Olá  

Thank You
Meharbani  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin  
Como você está?  

Good Night
tava kia aayo  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Subho Bakhair  
bom Dia  

Please
Mehrbani  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe  
pesaroso  

Bye
Allah Wahi  
tchau  

I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Siraiki  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Upper Sindh  
Brazil  

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

Dialect 2
Vicholi  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Central Sindh  
Portugal  

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

Dialect 3
Lari  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million  
37
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
34
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Not Available  
Português  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Português  

French Name
sindhi  
portugais  

German Name
Sindhi-Sprache  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
711 A.D  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Sindhi  
Portuguese  

Language Position
50  
37
6  
6

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sd  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
snd  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
snd  
por  

ISO 639 3
snd  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sind1272  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Sindhi and Portuguese Language History

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

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

Sindhi vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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