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Portuguese and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
10   
6

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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
Farsi Language   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
29   
19
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Olá   

Thank You
Sipas   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
boa noite   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
bom Dia   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Bibûre   
pesaroso   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
tchau   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Português   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Português   

French Name
kurde   
portugais   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Portuguese   

Language Position
Not Available   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
por   

ISO 639 3
kur   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
port1283   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kurdish and Portuguese Speaking population

Kurdish and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Portuguese on Kurdish vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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