Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
China
  
National Language
Portugal
  
China
  
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
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
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.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
Por Favor
  
birdam
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
kachurung
  
Bye
tchau
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
10.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
portugais
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
11
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Uyghur
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Portuguese and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Uyghur language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.