Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Estonia, European Union
  
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 in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
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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
  
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.