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Uyghur vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Uyghur


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
10   
6

National Language
China   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

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

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

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Uzbek Language   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
27   
17
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
Olá   

Thank You
rakhmat   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
boa noite   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
bom Dia   

Please
birdam   
Por Favor   

Sorry
kachurung   
pesaroso   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
tchau   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
China   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Hotan   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
China   
Portugal   

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

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
China   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
Português   

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   
Português   

French Name
ouïgour   
portugais   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
11   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Portuguese   

Language Position
98   
99+
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
por   

ISO 639 3
uig   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
port1283   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Uyghur and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Portuguese language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 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 Uyghur and Portuguese Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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