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Malaysian vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
23  
5
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Hai  

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  

Please
Por Favor  
sila  

Sorry
pesaroso  
maaf  

Bye
tchau  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
98.00 million  
8

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  
Not Available  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
6  
6
54  
39

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
may  

ISO 639 3
por  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
stan1306  

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  
Agglutinative  

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Portuguese and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Malaysian language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Portuguese and Malaysian Language History.

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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.

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