Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
bom Dia
  
Please
Mi petas
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Not present
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Esperanto
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Português
  
French Name
espéranto
  
portugais
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
1887
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Portuguese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Portuguese language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.