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Portuguese and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
10  
6

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
19  
9

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Olá  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
bom Dia  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
pesaroso  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
tchau  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Português  

French Name
coréen  
portugais  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Portuguese  

Language Position
12  
11
6  
6

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
por  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
por  

ISO 639 6
kor  
por  

Glottocode
kore1280  
port1283  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Korean 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 Korean and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Portuguese Speaking population

Korean and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % 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 Korean and Portuguese on Korean vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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