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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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
231.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.