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Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
5   
10

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

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

Alphabets
23   
5
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
21   
18

How Many Consonants
19   
9
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
10,000.00   
99+

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
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
1.14 %   
16

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   

History

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   

Language Position
6   
6
12   
11

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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