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Portuguese vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Portuguese


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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

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
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Not Available   

French Name
portugais   
sanskrit   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Not Available   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
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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