Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Turkey
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Merhaba
  
Olá
  
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
İyi Geceler
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
günaydın
  
bom Dia
  
Please
lütfen
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
üzgünüm
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Hoşçakal
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00
  
9
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Türkçe
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
Português
  
French Name
turc
  
portugais
  
German Name
Türkisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Turkish
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
c. 1350
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
tr
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tur
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
tur
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
tur
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1301
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Turkish and Portuguese 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 Turkish and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Portuguese language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Turkish vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Turkish and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.