29-1408: Afonso Gender Male Origin Word/name Germanic languages Meaning see Alphons Popularity see popular names [REDACTED] Look up Alphons or Alfonso in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Afonso is the Portuguese and Galician form of Alphons . Middle Ages [ edit ] Iberian royal families [ edit ] Portugal Afonso I of Portugal (1109–1185) Afonso II of Portugal (1185–1223) Afonso III of Portugal (1210–1279) Afonso IV of Portugal (1291–1357) Afonso V of Portugal (1432–1481) Afonso VI of Portugal (1643–1683) Early modern period [ edit ] Afonso de Albuquerque , Portuguese general and governor of India Nzinga Mbemba (1505–1543), also known as "Afonso I of Kongo" Afonso II of Kongo (1561) Afonso III of Kongo (1666–1667) Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza , son of John I of Portugal Afonso, Prince of Portugal , son of John II of Portugal Afonso, Duke of Porto , son of Louis I of Portugal Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre , son of Afonso III of Portugal Arariboia , baptismal name Martim Afonso, leader of
58-618: A branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe , North America , Oceania , and Southern Africa . The most widely spoken Germanic language, English , is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic , spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia , Iron Age Northern Germany and along
87-584: A common history of pre-Proto-Germanic speakers throughout the Nordic Bronze Age . From the time of their earliest attestation, the Germanic varieties are divided into three groups: West , East , and North Germanic. Their exact relation is difficult to determine from the sparse evidence of runic inscriptions. Jayasekara Aponso Goniya Malimage Jayasekara Aponsu , (born 23 February 1951: Sinhala :ජයසේකර අපෝන්සු), popularly known as Jayasekara Aponsu ,
116-536: A hypothetical Proto-Germanic , united by subjection to the sound shifts of Grimm's law and Verner's law . These probably took place during the Pre-Roman Iron Age of Northern Europe from c. 500 BC . Proto-Germanic itself was likely spoken after c. 500 BC , and Proto-Norse from the 2nd century AD and later is still quite close to reconstructed Proto-Germanic, but other common innovations separating Germanic from Proto-Indo-European suggest
145-592: A minority language by immigrant communities in North America, South America, Central America, Mexico and Australia. A German dialect, Pennsylvania Dutch , is still used among various populations in the American state of Pennsylvania in daily life. A group of Alemannic German dialects commonly referred to as Alsatian is spoken in Alsace , part of modern France. Dutch is an official language of Aruba , Belgium, Curaçao ,
174-613: A native language of some 11 to 13 million people, remains in use by some 1.5 million speakers in Jewish communities around the world, mainly in North America, Europe, Israel, and other regions with Jewish populations . Limburgish varieties are spoken in the Limburg and Rhineland regions, along the Dutch–Belgian–German border. In addition to being the official language in Sweden, Swedish
203-596: A separate collection of unstandardized dialects, with roughly 4.35–7.15 million native speakers and probably 6.7–10 million people who can understand it (at least 2.2 million in Germany (2016) and 2.15 million in the Netherlands (2003)); Yiddish , once used by approximately 13 million Jews in pre- World War II Europe, now with approximately 1.5 million native speakers; Scots , with 1.5 million native speakers; Limburgish varieties with roughly 1.3 million speakers along
232-427: Is 42 years younger than Aponsu. His sister Awanthi Aponsu is also a popular actress. He started his stage drama career with a 12 award-winning drama Pathale Soladaduwo . Some of his most popular stage dramas are Thatu , 31 , Eri , Guru , Kira , Maha Saha Shen , Sako , Samanallu , Hathare Wattuwa , Giju , Proda , Iri , Tharuwa Vikine , Horu , and Madame Shoba staged more than 100 times throughout
261-576: Is also spoken natively by the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland, which is a large part of the population along the coast of western and southern Finland. Swedish is also one of the two official languages in Finland, along with Finnish , and the only official language in Åland . Swedish is also spoken by some people in Estonia. Danish is an official language of Denmark and in its overseas territory of
290-583: Is also the official language in the overseas territories of Norway such as Svalbard , Jan Mayen , Bouvet island , Queen Maud Land , and Peter I island . Icelandic is the official language of Iceland . Faroese is the official language of the Faroe Islands, and is also spoken by some people in Denmark. Germanic languages by share (West Germanic in yellow-red shades and North Germanic in blue shades): All Germanic languages are thought to be descended from
319-804: Is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema , theatre, and television as well as a director and script writer. Jayasekara Aponsu was born on 23 February 1951 in Nuwara Eliya . Aponsu is married to Jayanthi Aponsu and they have one son, Thamira Aponsu. Aponsu first met his wife during a drama school conducted by him at Mount Lavinia in the 1970s. They married in 1978 after a love affair. Due to many circumstances and money problems, he abandoned and missed his wife and son for 30 years of time, until they united in 2016 March. Though he abandoned them, his sisters and brothers came closer to his wife and son in that crucial thirty years. However, he married Sujatha Priyadarshani in 2018, who
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#1732851326007348-526: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Germanic languages Pontic Steppe Caucasus East Asia Eastern Europe Northern Europe Pontic Steppe Northern/Eastern Steppe Europe South Asia Steppe Europe Caucasus India Indo-Aryans Iranians East Asia Europe East Asia Europe Indo-Aryan Iranian Indo-Aryan Iranian Others European The Germanic languages are
377-527: Is one of the 11 official languages in South Africa and is a lingua franca of Namibia. It is used in other Southern African nations, as well. Low German is a collection of very diverse dialects spoken in the northeast of the Netherlands and northern Germany. Some dialects like East Pomeranian have been imported to South America. Scots is spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster (where
406-716: Is unknown as some of them, especially the East Germanic languages, disappeared during or after the Migration Period . Some of the West Germanic languages also did not survive past the Migration Period, including Lombardic . As a result of World War II and subsequent mass expulsion of Germans , the German language suffered a significant loss of Sprachraum , as well as moribundity and extinction of several of its dialects. In
435-550: The Dutch – Belgian – German border; and the Frisian languages with over 500,000 native speakers in the Netherlands and Germany. The largest North Germanic languages are Swedish , Danish , and Norwegian , which are in part mutually intelligible and have a combined total of about 20 million native speakers in the Nordic countries and an additional five million second language speakers; since
464-511: The Faroe Islands , and it is a lingua franca and language of education in its other overseas territory of Greenland , where it was one of the official languages until 2009. Danish, a locally recognized minority language, is also natively spoken by the Danish minority in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein . Norwegian is the official language of Norway (both Bokmål and Nynorsk ). Norwegian
493-570: The North Sea and Baltic coasts. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German , with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch , with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans , an offshoot of Dutch originating from the Afrikaners of South Africa , with over 7.1 million native speakers; Low German , considered
522-588: The consonant change known as " Grimm's law ." Early varieties of Germanic entered history when the Germanic tribes moved south from Scandinavia in the 2nd century BC to settle in the area of today's northern Germany and southern Denmark. English is an official language of Belize , Canada, Nigeria, Falkland Islands , Saint Helena , Malta , New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, Philippines, Jamaica, Dominica , Guyana , Trinidad and Tobago , American Samoa , Palau , St. Lucia , Grenada , Barbados , St. Vincent and
551-409: The 21st century, German dialects are dying out as Standard German gains primacy. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic, also known as Common Germanic, which was spoken in about the middle of the 1st millennium BC in Iron Age Scandinavia . Proto-Germanic, along with all of its descendants, notably has a number of unique linguistic features, most famously
580-935: The Grenadines , Puerto Rico, Guam , Hong Kong, Singapore, Pakistan, India, Papua New Guinea , Namibia , Vanuatu , the Solomon Islands and former British colonies in Asia, Africa and Oceania. Furthermore, it is the de facto language of the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, as well as a recognized language in Nicaragua and Malaysia. German is a language of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein , Luxembourg and Switzerland; it also has regional status in Italy, Poland, Namibia and Denmark. German also continues to be spoken as
609-666: The Middle Ages, however, these languages have been strongly influenced by Middle Low German , a West Germanic language, and Low German words account for about 30–60% of their vocabularies according to various estimates. Other extant North Germanic languages are Faroese , Icelandic , and Elfdalian , which are more conservative languages with no significant Low German influence, more complex grammar and limited mutual intelligibility with other North Germanic languages today. The East Germanic branch included Gothic , Burgundian , and Vandalic , all of which are now extinct. The last to die off
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#1732851326007638-428: The Netherlands, Sint Maarten , and Suriname . The Netherlands also colonized Indonesia , but Dutch was scrapped as an official language after Indonesian independence . Today, it is only used by older or traditionally educated people. Dutch was until 1983 an official language in South Africa but evolved into and was replaced by Afrikaans , a partially mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans
667-574: The Portuguese throne As a surname [ edit ] Andrey Nazário Afonso , Brazilian football goalkeeper Amila Aponso , Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer who plays for Ragama Cricket Club Flavian Aponso , Sri Lankan Sinhala Dutch cricketer Jayasekara Aponso , Sri Lankan Sinhala artist, actor, director, scriptwriter See also [ edit ] Alphons Ildefonso (disambiguation) References [ edit ] [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
696-566: The Temiminó tribe in Brazil in the 16th century Cardinal Afonso of Portugal , son of Manuel I of Portugal João Afonso de Aveiro , Portuguese explorer Jorge Afonso , Portuguese Renaissance painter Madragana , baptismal name Mor Afonso, mistress to Afonso III of Portugal Tibiriçá (died 1562) Baptismal name Martim Afonso,important Brazilian Amerindian leader Modern period [ edit ] Afonso VII of Portugal , future regnal name of
725-406: The country. Aponsu established a drama theatre school Shilpa Kala Guru Sewana for teaching young artists as well. His most popular teledrama acting came through the comedy play Nonavaruni Mahathwaruni as Nihal Karapitiya. He got the character after a tragic accident killed actor Granville Rodrigo , who initially played the character. His first direction in teledrama came through Sil , which
754-424: The heir apparent to the current pretender Afonso Alves , Brazilian footballer Nadir Afonso Rodrigues (1920–2013), Portuguese painter Zeca Afonso , real name José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, Portuguese folk and political musician Alexandre Afonso da Silva , Brazilian footballer Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira , Brazilian politician Infante Afonso, Prince of Beira , 2nd claimant in line to
783-509: The local dialect is known as Ulster Scots ). Frisian is spoken among half a million people who live on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. Luxembourgish is a Moselle Franconian dialect that is spoken mainly in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , where it is considered to be an official language. Similar varieties of Moselle Franconian are spoken in small parts of Belgium, France, and Germany. Yiddish, once
812-489: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afonso&oldid=1211920882 " Categories : Given names Italian masculine given names Masculine given names Spanish masculine given names Portuguese masculine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
841-533: Was Crimean Gothic , spoken until the late 18th century in some isolated areas of Crimea . The SIL Ethnologue lists 48 different living Germanic languages, 41 of which belong to the Western branch and six to the Northern branch; it places Riograndenser Hunsrückisch German in neither of the categories, but it is often considered a German dialect by linguists. The total number of Germanic languages throughout history
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