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Portuguese and Kurdish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Portugal  

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

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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
Farsi Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Olá  

Thank You
Sipas  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
bom Dia  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Bibûre  
pesaroso  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
tchau  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Português  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Português  

French Name
kurde  
portugais  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Portuguese  

Language Position
14  
13
6  
6

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
por  

ISO 639 3
kur  
por  

ISO 639 6
kur  
por  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
port1283  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kurdish and Portuguese Speaking population

Kurdish and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Portuguese on Kurdish vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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