Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Brazil
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Portugal
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Daman and Diu
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
16th century CE
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
port1283
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
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.
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.