Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
tchau
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Português
  
French Name
coréen
  
portugais
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available