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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
India  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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  
-  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
16  
13

How Many Consonants
19  
9
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
obrigado  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

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

Good Night
boa noite  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
Por Favor  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
pesaroso  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
tchau  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
-  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
-  

Native Name
Português  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
portugais  
sanskrit  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
6  
6
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
san  

ISO 639 3
por  
san  

ISO 639 6
por  
san  

Glottocode
port1283  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Portuguese and Sanskrit Language History

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

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

Portuguese vs Sanskrit Difficulty

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

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