Korean and Portuguese Speaking countries

Korean and Portuguese as Minority Language

In Korean and Portuguese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Korean and Portuguese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Korean and Portuguese dialects, then you can go to Korean vs Portuguese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Korean and Portuguese Regulators

Korean and Portuguese speaking countries provide you Korean and Portuguese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. The National Institute of the Korean Language regulates Korean language.Portuguese is regulated by Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras. Also get to learn, Korean and Portuguese Language History.

Korean and Portuguese Continents

Thinking about Korean and Portuguese continents in which Korean and Portuguese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Korean and Portuguese. Most of the Korean speaking countries lie in Asia. While Portuguese speaking countries lie in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Korean and Portuguese languages:

Korean Interesting Facts:

• Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
• Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.

Portuguese 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.

The Korean language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Chinese and Japanese languages whereas Korean language is similar to Spanish and Galician Languages and derived from Latin.