Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
India
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Por Favor
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
tchau
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
Português
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Bihari
  
French Name
portugais
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Not Available
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Portuguese and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Urdu language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Urdu Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.