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Turkish and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
11   
5

National Language
Portugal   
Turkey   

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

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Merhaba   

Thank You
obrigado   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
boa noite   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
günaydın   

Please
Por Favor   
lütfen   

Sorry
pesaroso   
üzgünüm   

Bye
tchau   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Português   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Português   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
portugais   
turc   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Turkish   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
6   
6
19   
17

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
tur   

ISO 639 3
por   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Portuguese and Turkish Speaking population

Portuguese and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Portuguese and Turkish on Portuguese vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Turkish Language Codes

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

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