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Portuguese and Malaysian

Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

103
0 46
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National Language

Portugal
Malaysia

Second Language

United States of America
Indonesia

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Spanish and Galician Languages
Indonesian Language

Derived From

Latin
Tamil Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

96
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1924
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

24 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Olá
Hai

Thank You

obrigado
terima kasih

How Are You?

Como você está?
Apa khabar?

Good Night

boa noite
Selamat Malam

Good Evening

boa Noite
Selamat Petang

Good Afternoon

boa Tarde
Selamat tengah hari

Good Morning

bom Dia
Selamat pagi

Please

Por Favor
sila

Sorry

pesaroso
maaf

Bye

tchau
Selamat tinggal

I Love You

Eu te amo
Saya sayang kamu

Excuse Me

desculpe me
Maafkan saya

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brazilian Portuguese
Bengkulu

Where They Speak

Brazil
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra

How Many People Speak

204,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

European Portuguese
Pekal

Where They Speak

Portugal
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0030,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Musi

Where They Speak

Daman and Diu
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

4,000.003,100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2624
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

231.00 million175.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.27 %1.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

216.00 million77.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million98.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Português
Bahasa melayu

Alternative Names

Português
Bahasa Malaysia

French Name

portugais
malais

German Name

Portugiesisch
Malaiisch

Pronunciation

[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]

Ethnicity

Portuguese people or portugueses
Malaysian people

History

Origin

3rd Century
c. 683 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Romance
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Portuguese
Pluricentric Standard Malay

Language Position

654
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Portuguese
Malaysian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pt
ms

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

por
msa

ISO 639 2/B

por
may

ISO 639 3

por
zsm

ISO 639 6

por
may

Glottocode

port1283
stan1306

Linguasphere

51-AAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

-
Agglutinative

Portuguese and Malaysian Alphabets

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

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

Portuguese and Malaysian Speaking population

Portuguese and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Portuguese and Malaysian on Portuguese vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Malaysian Language Codes

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