Countries
Sri Lanka
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
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 in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Vedda
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Not Available
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Not Available
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Português
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Português
French Name
singhalais
portugais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Portuguese language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.