Countries
Estonia, European Union
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Vabandage
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tartu
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
13th century
3rd Century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Romance
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Estonian
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
esto1258
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
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.