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
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Eu te amo
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Brazil
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Portugal
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
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
Origin
3rd Century
c. 1350
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Not Available
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
nucl1301
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Portuguese and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Turkish language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Turkish Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.