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Uyghur vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Uyghur


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
China  
Portugal  

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

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

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

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

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

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
27  
17
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Olá  

Thank You
rakhmat  
obrigado  

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

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
bom Dia  

Please
birdam  
Por Favor  

Sorry
kachurung  
pesaroso  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
tchau  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
China  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Hotan  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
China  
Portugal  

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

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
China  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
26  
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
Português  

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

French Name
ouïgour  
portugais  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Portugiesisch  

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

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
11  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Portuguese  

Language Position
98  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
por  

ISO 639 3
uig  
por  

ISO 639 6
uig  
por  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Uyghur and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Portuguese language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Uyghur and Portuguese Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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