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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Portugal  

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

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

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
18  
8
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Olá  

Thank You
aitäh  
obrigado  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
bom Dia  

Please
Palun  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Vabandust  
pesaroso  

Bye
Head aega  
tchau  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Brazil  

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

Dialect 2
Tartu  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Portugal  

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

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
26  
22

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
eesti keel  
Português  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Português  

French Name
estonien  
portugais  

German Name
Estnisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
13th century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Romance  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
Not Available  
6  
6

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
por  

ISO 639 3
est  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Estonian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Portuguese language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Portuguese Language History.

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

Estonian vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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