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Portuguese vs Turkish


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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