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Urdu and Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
Pakistan   

Second Language
United States of America   
Pakistan   

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
India   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
obrigado   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
boa noite   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
Por Favor   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
pesaroso   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
tchau   
الوداع   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
India   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
India   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Português   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Português   
Bihari   

French Name
portugais   
ourdou   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Not Available   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
6   
6
20   
18

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
urd   

ISO 639 3
por   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Portuguese and Urdu Speaking population

Portuguese and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Portuguese vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Urdu Language Codes

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

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