Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Portugal
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Como você está?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
boa noite
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
boa Noite
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
bom Dia
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Por Favor
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
pesaroso
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
Eu te amo
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Brazil
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Mappila
Where They Speak
Portugal
India
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
France, kerala
Native Name
Português
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Português
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
portugais
malayalam
German Name
Portugiesisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Malayali
Origin
3rd Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early form
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
port1283
mala1464
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
Portuguese and Malayalam 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 Portuguese and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Malayalam language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Portuguese and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.