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Portuguese and Korean


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
10   
6

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

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
40   
21
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
19   
9

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
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   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
3.27 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
12   
11
6   
6

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Korean and Portuguese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Portuguese Speaking population

Korean and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Portuguese on Korean vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Portuguese Language Codes

Korean and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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