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1 Countries
1.1 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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
510
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Portugal
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
1.6 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
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
4023
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
219
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1919
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Hangul
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
36
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Olá
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
obrigado
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Como você está?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
boa noite
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
boa Noite
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
boa Tarde
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
bom Dia
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Por Favor
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
pesaroso
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
tchau
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Eu te amo
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
desculpe me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Jeju
Brazilian Portuguese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Brazil
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00204,000,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
European Portuguese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Portugal
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0010,000,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Daman and Diu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1226
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million231.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.14 %3.27 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million216.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA15.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Português
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Português
5.3.4 French Name
coréen
portugais
5.3.5 German Name
Koreanisch
Portugiesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
Portuguese people or portugueses
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
3rd Century
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Medieval Galician
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Portuguese
6.3.3 Language Position
126
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ko
pt
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kor
por
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kor
por
7.3 ISO 639 3
Kor
por
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
kore1280
port1283
7.6 Linguasphere
45-AAA
51-AAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available

Korean vs Portuguese Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Korean vs Portuguese speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Korean or Portuguese language.

  • Korean is spoken as a national language in: North Korea, South Korea.
  • Portuguese is spoken as a national language in: Portugal.

You will also get to know the continents where Korean and Portuguese speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Korean language is 12 and position of Portuguese language is 6. Find all the information about these languages on Korean and Portuguese.

Korean and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Portuguese language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Korean and Portuguese Language History.

Korean 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 Korean and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Portuguese language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Korean vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.