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Turkish and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
11  
5

National Language
Portugal  
Turkey  

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

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Merhaba  

Thank You
obrigado  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
boa noite  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
günaydın  

Please
Por Favor  
lütfen  

Sorry
pesaroso  
üzgünüm  

Bye
tchau  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Português  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Português  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
portugais  
turc  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Turkish  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
6  
6
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
tur  

ISO 639 3
por  
tur  

ISO 639 6
por  
tur  

Glottocode
port1283  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Portuguese and Turkish Speaking population

Portuguese and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Portuguese and Turkish on Portuguese vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Turkish Language Codes

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

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