Countries
Madagascar
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Not Available
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Misaotra
obrigado
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Como você está?
Good Night
Alina tsara
boa noite
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
bom Dia
Sorry
Miala tsiny
pesaroso
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Azafady
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Merina
Brazil
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Portugal
Dialect 3
Not Available
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Not Available
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Português
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Português
French Name
malgache
portugais
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1000 AD
3rd Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Romance
Branch
Indonesian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1537
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Malagasy and Portuguese 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 Malagasy and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Portuguese language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Malagasy and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.