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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

510
0 46
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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

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4023
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

219
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1919
9 60
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Scripts

Hangul
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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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

10,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gyeongsang
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

South Korea
Portugal

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hamgyŏng
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

China, North Korea
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1226
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

77.00 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.14 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

77.00 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

77.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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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

126
1 120
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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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Korean vs Portuguese Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Korean vs Portuguese speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Korean or Portuguese language.

  • Korean is spoken as a national language in: North Korea, South Korea.
  • Portuguese is spoken as a national language in: Portugal.

You will also get to know the continents where Korean and Portuguese speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Korean language is 12 and position of Portuguese language is 6. Find all the information about these languages on Korean and Portuguese.

Korean and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Portuguese language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century 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 Korean and Portuguese Language History.

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

Korean vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Korean vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.