Portuguese and Malagasy Speaking countries

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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

Latin

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

Portuguese vs Malagasy Countries

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

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

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

Portuguese and Malagasy as Minority Language

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

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

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

Portuguese and Malagasy Regulators

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

Portuguese and Malagasy Continents

Thinking about Portuguese and Malagasy continents in which Portuguese and Malagasy speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Portuguese and Malagasy. Most of the Portuguese speaking countries lie in . While Malagasy 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 Portuguese and Malagasy languages:

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Malagasy Interesting Facts:

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