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
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
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Jeju
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
South Korea
Brazil
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
South Korea
Portugal
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Português
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Português
French Name
coréen
portugais
German Name
Koreanisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
Before 1st century
3rd Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
port1283
Linguasphere
45-AAA
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
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.