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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
23   
5
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.99 %   
20

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   

History

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   

Language Position
6   
6
20   
18

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Portuguese and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Urdu language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Urdu Language History.

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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.

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