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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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