Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Brazil
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Portugal
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Daman and Diu
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Português
Alternative Names
Not Available
Português
French Name
kurde
portugais
German Name
Kurdisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
16th century CE
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
port1283
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
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.