Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
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 in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
231.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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