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Language Comparison: Malay vs Portuguese Portugal
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Aspect | Malay | Portuguese Portugal |
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Family | Austronesian | Indo-European, Romance |
Speakers | Approximately 88 million speakers (including Indonesian and other Malay dialects) | Approximately 10 million in Portugal, over 230 million worldwide (including other Portuguese varieties) |
Features | Widely spoken in Southeast Asia, Malay is known for its simplicity in grammar, especially in terms of verb conjugation and lack of inflection | A Romance language with complex verb conjugations, nasal vowels, and distinct pronunciation compared to Brazilian Portuguese; features a more formal tone and contraction-heavy grammar |
Countries | Malaysia, Indonesia (as Indonesian), Brunei, Singapore, Thailand (southern provinces) | Portugal (official), and Portuguese-speaking communities worldwide |
Writing System | Latin script (Rumi) and Arabic script (Jawi) | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and word order instead of grammatical cases | No, relies on prepositions and word order |
Derived From | Old Malay, influenced by Sanskrit, Arabic, and later Portuguese, Dutch, and English | Latin, with Celtic, Germanic, Arabic, and other influences |
Loanwords | From Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Chinese | From Arabic, French, English, and other Romance languages |
Dialects | Includes Malaysian Malay, Indonesian Malay (Indonesian), Brunei Malay, Kedah Malay, Kelantanese Malay, and others | Includes several regional variations such as Northern Portuguese, Central Portuguese, Southern Portuguese, and Madeiran; also influenced by historical colonial dialects |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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