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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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