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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
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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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.

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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.

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