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Kurdish vs Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

National Language
Portugal  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Silaw  

Thank You
obrigado  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
boa noite  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Por Favor  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Bibûre  

Bye
tchau  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Português  
Not Available  

French Name
portugais  
kurde  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Kurds  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Kurdish  

Language Position
6  
6
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
kur  

ISO 639 3
por  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Portuguese and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Kurdish language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Kurdish Language History.

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Portuguese and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Kurdish language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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