Malagasy and Portuguese Speaking countries

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Madagascar

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Not spoken in any of the countries

Africa

Not spoken in any of the countries

Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Swahili and Comorian Languages

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

Portugal

United States of America

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

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.

Spanish and Galician Languages

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Malagasy vs Portuguese Countries

Comparing Malagasy vs Portuguese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Malagasy and Portuguese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Malagasy is official language is whereas total number of countries where Portuguese is official language is

Find if Malagasy and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Malagasy and Portuguese speaking countries will give you the presence of Malagasy and Portuguese languages in different countries. Along with Malagasy vs Portuguese countries, you can also compare Malagasy vs Portuguese.

Malagasy and Portuguese as Minority Language

In Malagasy and Portuguese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Malagasy and Portuguese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Malagasy as minority language: .
Portuguese as minority language: .

If you want to compare Malagasy and Portuguese dialects, then you can go to Malagasy vs Portuguese. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Malagasy and Portuguese Regulators

Malagasy and Portuguese speaking countries provide you Malagasy and Portuguese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Malagasy language.Portuguese is regulated by . Also get to learn, Malagasy vs Portuguese.

Malagasy and Portuguese Continents

Thinking about Malagasy and Portuguese continents in which Malagasy and Portuguese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Malagasy and Portuguese. Most of the Malagasy speaking countries lie in . While Portuguese speaking countries lie in . Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Malagasy and Portuguese languages:

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Portuguese Interesting Facts:

The Malagasy language was derived from and is similar to whereas Malagasy language is similar to and derived from .