Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Bye
tchau
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Eu te amo
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Brazil
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Pekal
Where They Speak
Portugal
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Musi
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Indonesia
Native Name
Português
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Português
Not Available
French Name
portugais
malais
German Name
Portugiesisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
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Origin
3rd Century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
port1283
stan1306
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
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.