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Sinhalese and Portuguese

Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

110
0 46
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National Language

Sri Lanka
Portugal

Second Language

Sri Lanka
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

Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

Interesting Facts

  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  • 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

Maldivian Language
Spanish and Galician Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5423
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

189
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3619
9 60
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Scripts

Sinhala alphabet
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

26
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

හලෝ (halō)
Olá

Thank You

ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
obrigado

How Are You?

ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Como você está?

Good Night

සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
boa noite

Good Evening

සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
boa Noite

Good Afternoon

සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
boa Tarde

Good Morning

සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
bom Dia

Please

කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Por Favor

Sorry

සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
pesaroso

Bye

බායි (bāyi)
tchau

I Love You

මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Eu te amo

Excuse Me

මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
desculpe me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vedda
Brazilian Portuguese

Where They Speak

Sri Lanka
Brazil

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sri Lankan Sinhala
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

-
Portugal

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Up-Country Sinhalese
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

-
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

126
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

16.00 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.25 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

16.00 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

සිංහල (sĩhala)
Português

Alternative Names

Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Português

French Name

singhalais
portugais

German Name

Singhalesisch
Portugiesisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]

Ethnicity

Sinhalese people
Portuguese people or portugueses

History

Origin

3
3rd Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Romance

Branch

Indic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Sinhalese Prakrit
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Modern Sinhalese
Portuguese

Language Position

706
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Sinhalese
Signed Portuguese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

si
pt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sin
por

ISO 639 2/B

sin
por

ISO 639 3

sin
por

ISO 639 6

sin
por

Glottocode

sinh1246
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

Fusional
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Sinhalese and Portuguese Alphabets

Sinhalese and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sinhalese and Portuguese. In Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Sinhalese and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sinhalese and Portuguese languages. The Sinhalese phonology consist Sinhalese vowels and Sinhalese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sinhalese greetings vs Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sinhalese and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Sinhalese and Portuguese 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 Sinhalese and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Sinhalese and Portuguese Speaking population

Sinhalese and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Sinhalese and Portuguese on Sinhalese vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Portuguese Language Codes

Sinhalese and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.