Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
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 in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
India
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Português
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Português
French Name
malayalam
portugais
German Name
Malayalam
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
9th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Portuguese language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.