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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

National Language
Portugal  
Estonia, Gambia  

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

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

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

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

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

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Finnish  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Tere  

Thank You
obrigado  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
boa noite  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Por Favor  
Palun  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Vabandust  

Bye
tchau  
Head aega  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

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

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Georgia, South Estonia  

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Idamurre  

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

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
Not Available  

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Português  
Eesti keel  

French Name
portugais  
estonien  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Estonians  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Estonian  

Language Position
6  
6
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
est  

ISO 639 3
por  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Portuguese and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Estonian language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Portuguese and Estonian Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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