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Urdu vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs 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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Urdu and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Portuguese language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Portuguese Language History.

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Urdu 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 Urdu and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Portuguese language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Urdu vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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