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1 Countries
1.1 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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
105
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
Portugal
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
1.6 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
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2340
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
921
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1919
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Hangul
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
63
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Olá
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
obrigado
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
boa noite
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
boa Noite
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
bom Dia
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
Por Favor
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
pesaroso
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
tchau
안녕 (annyeong)
3.11 I Love You
Eu te amo
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
desculpe me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Jeju
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Brazil
South Korea
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
204,000,000.0010,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Gyeongsang
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Portugal
South Korea
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0010,000,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Hamgyŏng
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4,000.00NA
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
2612
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
231.00 million77.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
3.27 %1.14 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
216.00 million77.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
15.00 millionNA
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Português
한국어 (조선말)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
portugais
coréen
5.3.5 German Name
Portugiesisch
Koreanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Koreans
6 History
6.1 Origin
3rd Century
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Portuguese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
612
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
pt
ko
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
por
kor
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
por
kor
7.3 ISO 639 3
por
Kor
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
port1283
kore1280
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
45-AAA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Portuguese vs Korean Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Portuguese vs Korean speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Portuguese or Korean language.

  • Portuguese is spoken as a national language in: Portugal.
  • Korean is spoken as a national language in: North Korea, South Korea.

You will also get to know the continents where Portuguese and Korean speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Portuguese language is 6 and position of Korean language is 12. Find all the information about these languages on Portuguese and Korean.

Portuguese and Korean Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Korean language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Portuguese and Korean Language History.

Portuguese and Korean Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Portuguese and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Korean language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Korean Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Korean Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Portuguese and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.