Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Portugal
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
tchau
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
portugais
  
coréen
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Koreans
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative