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
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
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)
  
Bye
tchau
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
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]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Malayali
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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.