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
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Portugal
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Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
-
Native Name
Português
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Português
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
portugais
singhalais
German Name
Portugiesisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
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
-
Fusional
All Portuguese and Sinhalese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Portuguese and Sinhalese Speaking population
Portuguese and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Portuguese and Sinhalese on Portuguese vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Portuguese and Sinhalese Language Codes
Portuguese and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.