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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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Portugal
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Daman and Diu
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
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
port1283
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
51-AAA-a
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.