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Portuguese and Malayalam


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
10  
6

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
9  
6

How Many Consonants
41  
30
19  
9

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Olá  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
bom Dia  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
pesaroso  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
tchau  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Mappila  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
India  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Português  

French Name
malayalam  
portugais  

German Name
Malayalam  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
9th Century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Portuguese  

Language Position
29  
27
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
por  

ISO 639 3
mal  
por  

ISO 639 6
mal  
por  

Glottocode
mala1464  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Malayalam and Portuguese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malayalam and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malayalam and Portuguese Speaking population

Malayalam and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malayalam and Portuguese on Malayalam vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Portuguese Language Codes

Malayalam and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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