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Portuguese and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
10   
6

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
9   
6

How Many Consonants
41   
30
19   
9

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Olá   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
obrigado   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Como você está?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
boa noite   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
bom Dia   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Por Favor   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
pesaroso   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
tchau   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Mappila   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
India   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Português   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Português   

French Name
malayalam   
portugais   

German Name
Malayalam   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
9th Century   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Portuguese   

Language Position
29   
24
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
por   

ISO 639 3
mal   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
port1283   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Malayalam and Portuguese Speaking population

Malayalam and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Portuguese on Malayalam vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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