Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
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 in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
231.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.