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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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
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
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Portugal
South Korea
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
kore1280
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
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.