Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Portugal
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Middle East
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Not Available
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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Como você está?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
boa noite
Şev xweş
Good Evening
boa Noite
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
bom Dia
Bayanit bash
Please
Por Favor
Bê zehmet
I Love You
Eu te amo
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Brazil
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Portugal
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Eastern Iraq
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Português
Not Available
French Name
portugais
kurde
German Name
Portugiesisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Kurds
Origin
3rd Century
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Not Available
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Kurdish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
kurd1259
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Portuguese and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Kurdish language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.