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Portuguese vs 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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Kurdish and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Portuguese language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE 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 Kurdish and Portuguese Language History.

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

Kurdish vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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