Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
National Language
Portugal
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
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
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Kazakh language agency
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.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Alphabets in
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Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Olá
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
obrigado
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Como você está?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
boa noite
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
boa Noite
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
bom Dia
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Por Favor
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
pesaroso
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
I Love You
Eu te amo
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Brazil
Kazakhstan
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Portugal
Kazakhstan
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Kazakhstan
Native Name
Português
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Português
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
portugais
kazakh
German Name
Portugiesisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Kazahks
Origin
3rd Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
port1283
kaza1248
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative
Portuguese and Kazakh 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 Portuguese and Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Kazakh language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Kazakh Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Portuguese and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.