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Portuguese and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
Pakistan  
Portugal  

Second Language
Pakistan  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
India  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
40  
29
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Olá  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
obrigado  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Como você está?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
boa noite  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
bom Dia  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Por Favor  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
pesaroso  

Bye
الوداع  
tchau  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
India  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
India  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
اُردُو  
Português  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Português  

French Name
ourdou  
portugais  

German Name
Urdu  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Portuguese  

Language Position
20  
18
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
por  

ISO 639 3
urd  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
port1283  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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All Urdu and Portuguese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Urdu and Portuguese Speaking population

Urdu and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Portuguese on Urdu vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Portuguese Language Codes

Urdu and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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