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Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
10  
6

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

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

Alphabets
29  
11
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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
480,000.00  
29
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
140,000.00  
26
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
21
3.27 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
19  
17
6  
6

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Turkish and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Portuguese language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Turkish and Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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