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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Portuguese and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Malaysian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Malaysian Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.