How to learn Portuguese if there are no tutors in my area?
In 1997, a comprehensive academic study ranked Portuguese as one of the 10 most influential languages in the world. Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the sole official language of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Brazil. While having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as “Lusophone”. With approximately 215 to 220 million native speakers and 50 million L2 speakers, Portuguese has approximately 270 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language and the third-most spoken European language in the world in terms of native speakers. Being the most widely spoken language in South America and all of the Southern Hemisphere, it is also the second-most spoken language, after Spanish, in Latin America, one of the 10 most spoken languages in Africa.
Portuguese is definitely one of the most attractive and influential languages. There’s no surprise that the demand for this language to be taught is relatively high. With that said, the supply doesn’t always meet the mark and generally leaves learners unsatisfied. Other than that, finding Portuguese tutors is also a tough task, let alone them providing you with quality content. In such a case, where you fail to find a good tutor for yourself, there is no need to lose heart. There are multiple other ways of finding a tutor. We live in a digital era and at this point, have adapted to the online method of teaching and learning, thanks to the worldwide pandemic.



