Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
East Asia, European Union, South America
National Language
Portugal
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
United States of America
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Akademio de Esperanto
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.
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
obrigado
Dankon
How Are You?
Como você está?
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
boa noite
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
boa Noite
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
bom Dia
Bonan matenon
Please
Por Favor
Mi petas
Sorry
pesaroso
Mi bedaŭras!
I Love You
Eu te amo
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Pardonu!
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Not present
Where They Speak
Brazil
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Not present
Where They Speak
Portugal
Not present
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Not present
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
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Native Name
Português
Esperanto
Alternative Names
Português
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
portugais
espéranto
German Name
Portugiesisch
Esperanto
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Proto-Esperanto
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Esperanto
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signuno
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
port1283
espe1235
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
51-AAB-da
Language Type
Living
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Portuguese and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Esperanto language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.