Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Interesting Facts
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
- 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
bye
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Português
  
French Name
kazakh
  
portugais
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
17th Century
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Portuguese language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.