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Urdu and Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

National Language
Portugal  
Pakistan  

Second Language
United States of America  
Pakistan  

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

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
India  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
obrigado  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
boa noite  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
Por Favor  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
pesaroso  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
tchau  
الوداع  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
India  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
Português  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Português  
Bihari  

French Name
portugais  
ourdou  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
6  
6
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
urd  

ISO 639 3
por  
urd  

ISO 639 6
por  
urd  

Glottocode
port1283  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Portuguese and Urdu Speaking population

Portuguese and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Portuguese vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Urdu Language Codes

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

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