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Malaysian and Portuguese

Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

310
0 46
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National Language

Malaysia
Portugal

Second Language

Indonesia
United States of America

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

Interesting Facts

  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  • 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

Indonesian Language
Spanish and Galician Languages

Derived From

Tamil Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2623
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

69
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2419
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hai
Olá

Thank You

terima kasih
obrigado

How Are You?

Apa khabar?
Como você está?

Good Night

Selamat Malam
boa noite

Good Evening

Selamat Petang
boa Noite

Good Afternoon

Selamat tengah hari
boa Tarde

Good Morning

Selamat pagi
bom Dia

Please

sila
Por Favor

Sorry

maaf
pesaroso

Bye

Selamat tinggal
tchau

I Love You

Saya sayang kamu
Eu te amo

Excuse Me

Maafkan saya
desculpe me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bengkulu
Brazilian Portuguese

Where They Speak

Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Brazil

How Many People Speak

1,600,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Pekal
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Portugal

How Many People Speak

30,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Musi
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

3,100,000.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2426
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

175.00 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.16 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

77.00 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

98.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Bahasa melayu
Português

Alternative Names

Bahasa Malaysia
Português

French Name

malais
portugais

German Name

Malaiisch
Portugiesisch

Pronunciation

[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]

Ethnicity

Malaysian people
Portuguese people or portugueses

History

Origin

c. 683 AD
3rd Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Malay
Portuguese

Language Position

546
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Portuguese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ms
pt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

msa
por

ISO 639 2/B

may
por

ISO 639 3

zsm
por

ISO 639 6

may
por

Glottocode

stan1306
port1283

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Malaysian and Portuguese Alphabets

Malaysian and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malaysian and Portuguese. In Malaysian Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Malaysian and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malaysian and Portuguese languages. The Malaysian phonology consist Malaysian vowels and Malaysian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malaysian greetings vs Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malaysian and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Malaysian and Portuguese Speaking population

Malaysian and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Portuguese on Malaysian vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Portuguese Language Codes

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