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Portuguese vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
China   

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

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

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

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
obrigado   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Not Available   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
Por Favor   
birdam   

Sorry
pesaroso   
kachurung   

Bye
tchau   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
China   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
China   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
China   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
portugais   
ouïgour   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
11   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Uyghur   

Language Position
6   
6
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
uig   

ISO 639 3
por   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Portuguese and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Uyghur language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Portuguese and Uyghur Language History.

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Portuguese and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Uyghur language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Uyghur Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.

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