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Language Comparison: Portuguese Portugal vs Malay
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Aspect | Portuguese Portugal | Malay |
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Family | Indo-European, Romance | Austronesian |
Speakers | Approximately 10 million in Portugal, over 230 million worldwide (including other Portuguese varieties) | Approximately 88 million speakers (including Indonesian and other Malay dialects) |
Features | 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 | Widely spoken in Southeast Asia, Malay is known for its simplicity in grammar, especially in terms of verb conjugation and lack of inflection |
Countries | Portugal (official), and Portuguese-speaking communities worldwide | Malaysia, Indonesia (as Indonesian), Brunei, Singapore, Thailand (southern provinces) |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script (Rumi) and Arabic script (Jawi) |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on prepositions and word order | No, uses prepositions and word order instead of grammatical cases |
Derived From | Latin, with Celtic, Germanic, Arabic, and other influences | Old Malay, influenced by Sanskrit, Arabic, and later Portuguese, Dutch, and English |
Loanwords | From Arabic, French, English, and other Romance languages | From Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Chinese |
Dialects | Includes several regional variations such as Northern Portuguese, Central Portuguese, Southern Portuguese, and Madeiran; also influenced by historical colonial dialects | Includes Malaysian Malay, Indonesian Malay (Indonesian), Brunei Malay, Kedah Malay, Kelantanese Malay, and others |
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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