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Esperanto vs Portuguese


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Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
10   
6

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
27   
17
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
26   
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

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   

History

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   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Signuno   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Esperanto and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Esperanto vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Esperanto and Portuguese language. History of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887 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 Esperanto and Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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