Similarities Between Portuguese and Malayalam
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- In this video, we compare some of the similarities between Portuguese (português) and Malayalam (മലയാളം) with Tiago and Lucas as the Portuguese speakers from Portugal and Brazil, respectively, and Joshin and Prajit as the Malayalam speakers from India.
Be sure to check out a recent video we made featuring Malayalam as well, we compared the mutual intelligibility between Malayalam, Beary, Tulu, and Kodava: • Beary vs Tulu vs Malay...
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Malayalam is a Dravidian language designated as one of the Classical languages of India. It is spoken, primarily spoken in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry in India by the Malayali people. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala and Puducherry (Mahé). There are also significant Malayalam speakers in other Indian states, such as the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari and Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu.
Portuguese is a West Romance language and the official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau in China. A cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese creole speakers are also found in Goa, Daman and Diu in India; as well in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka, the Indonesian island of Flores, in the Malacca state of Malaysia, and the ABC islands in the Caribbean where Papiamento is spoken, while Cape Verdean Creole is the most widely spoken Portuguese-based Creole.
A lot of Portuguese words entered Malayalam because of the Indian Ocean trade and the Portuguese colonization of the Malabar Coast.
As a Brazilian I'm so amazed by the similarities because I would never think that Malayalam and portuguese could share some vocabulary. What a great video !
Because of spice trade between Portuguese and Malayalam Kings.
Vasco da Gama landed in Kerala, India - coast (where Malayalam is spoken) in 1498 (6 years after Columbus landed in Americas - in 1492). There was spice trade between different kingdoms in Kerala and Portuguese for few hundred years. After the Portuguese, Dutch, French and English also came and had trading posts on Kerala coast. The Portuguese destroyed the spice trade between Muslim Arabs and Kerala Kingdoms. There were fights between Portuguese and Arabs, Portuguese and Calicut Kingdom, the different Europeans, etc. Eventually the British colonized whole of Kerala in 1792. Portuguese went a little further north on the coast and colonized Konkani speaking Goa which was a Portuguese colony for 450 years (till 1961).
Konkani aside, Bengali and Marathi also share a lot of vocabulary.
@@someonejustsomeone1469 like adoro is like the word aador in bengali, which means adore or affection. Janela (window) is Janla. Chair/Kasera/Cadeira is Kedara. Floor is Meje, like Mesa...kamij is also shirt/kurti but rarely used...Leilao or Lelam is Nilaam..Chaavi/Chave is Chaabi...alamari is Aalmari...Aya (aia) and Rani (rainha)...
In Thrissur, which comes in central Kerala, we call onions sabola, which is very similar to cebola in Portuguese
Yes..not sawala 😅
I am Malayalam native speaker learning Portuguese, contact me if interested
@@finofranSabola aanu
In Indonesia, we say jendela for window, meja for table, lelang for auction, lemari for cupboard. We have lots of Portuguese loanwords in Indonesian.
Same with Tamil
Amazing. Same I feel here in Nepal.
Wow that's crazy, I had no idea! Salutations from Portugal
Janel for window, mej for table and Almar for cupboard over here
Janala/Janela is Jendela in Bahasa Indonesia, Mesa is Meja in Bahasa Indonesia, Lelam/Leilao is Lelang in Bahasa Indonesia,
It’s jannal in Tamil
Kulam is also kolam/kulam for pond
Bhasha meaning same in Malayalam "language"
Malayalam - tamil, Arabic, Portuguese, Sanskrit, English etc
ජනේලය,janelaya in Sinhala
මේසය,mesaya =table
ලෙල්ලම lellama = where the fish selling or auctioning.
All the above words came from Portuguese language,I suppose.
Janelaya means window
jackfruit and manga/mango are loanwords from Malayalam.
Maanga or Maampalam are Tamil Words and derived to english as Mango
@@righttime6186but the Portuguese tooj it from Malayalam along with Jacka for Jack fruit
Fantastic to see Malayalam featured here
Brilliant! I speak Malayalam and am learning Portuguese, so this was absolutely amazing to know!
I am Malayalam native speaker learning Portuguese, contact me if interested
Its great to see the connections...tamil too have words like...jannal , saavi , mesai , aelam , kathirai...alamari, aaya and rahni.
So Basically tamil is regard version of Malayalam
Incredible video, the similarities between a language from the Romance languages as Portuguese; and Malayalam belonging to a quite different family, the Dravidian Languages. You do know how to put together these languages challenges Bahador, you're quite a good linguist; great and interesting video.
there is a saying in linguistics that goes as follows: "The longer the geographical distance, the bigger the linguistics differences" , and yet this proves quite the opposite.
The Portuguese came to in Kerala (Calicut) in 1498, they tried to conquer but never materialised.
But they traded with local kings and hence the language.
very interesting, I never thought the Portuguese' navigators arrived to India. Than you for that very interesting response @@cozeamred
@@serge9808Have you ever heard of Vasco da Gama, the first European to reach India by sea? He was from Portugal.
@@serge9808 yeah, a Portuguese explorer named Vasco da Gama was the first European explorer to reach Kappad a beach in Kozhikode
My mothertongue is Nepali. It's amazing to know that we share so many words with Malayalam and Potrugese.
Mallu guys took some effort to pickup the words originated from Portuguese.
😂
Some of the loan words from arabic to malayalam are :
Tarjama(തർജമ) - Translation
Radd(റദ്ദ്) - Cancel
Kathth (കത്ത്) - Letter
Karār(കരാർ) - Contract/Agreement
Takarār(തകരാർ) - Defect
Bākki(ബാക്കി) - Balance/Remnant/Surplus
Jilla(ജില്ല) - District
Taluk(താലൂക്ക്)
Tahasildar (തഹസിൽദാർ) - Tax collector in Tehsil/Taluk
Harji(ഹർജി) - Plea
Hājar( ഹാജർ) - Attendance
Māpp(മാപ്പ്) - Amnesty/Remission/forgiveness
Jāmyam(ജാമ്യം) - Bail/Assurance/Surety
Munshi(മുൻഷി) - Hindu interpretor/Language
Apart from this there are many words commonly used in malayalam that are loan words from this arabic,then dutch, Portuguese, syriac, persian, some hebrew as well.
Mallus can guess by English-Hindi mix.
Sound "Na" means No in hindi
"Adora" is similar to Adore in English.
Resluting a link with "No" to "jackfruit" and "really like" with "mango".
Hello that words come from tamil
@@The-min800I'm a kanyakumari malayali
This is great! Thanks, Bahador!
Awesome video! Thank you bahador!
As Portuguese ruled Sri Lanka in 1505, many words added to Sinhala language as well. We called janela for windows, mesa for tables, kameesa for shirts, Kalisam for trousers, Almaari for wardrobe, rejina for queen and also Veeduru for glass, sapaththu for shoes and many more.. Love from Sri Lanka💚
but we Arabs ruled them til then so kameesa is actually arabic. ☮️
Meesa kameesa some other words in portugese r actually arabic becus arab moors ruled portugal
Mesa comes from mensa in latin while camisa comes from gaulish (celtic language from france). There are indeed arabic words in portuguese though: pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_palavras_portuguesas_de_origem_%C3%A1rabe
We also say sepatu for shoes in Indonesian
@@Ameer-dj5gj good to know that. thanks!
The Portuguese word for Mango originated from the Malay word Mangga which itself originated from Tamil Mankay and Jaca from the Malayalam Chakka
need a longer version.
Hey Bahador just came across your channel now and I love it... I already subscribed!!! I am Portuguese American (from Portugal)... You should do a video of the similarities between Portugal Portuguese & Italian. Because of the latin influence portugese kept more in common to those roots than that of Spain. It would be interesting to see how similar they are.
Very interesting once again everyone. Good one
Similar Words in Bengali:
Janala(জানালা)= Window
Chabi (চাবি)= Key
Mej (মেজ)= Table
Nilam (নিলাম) = Auction
Kedara (কেদারা) = Chair
Camiz (কামিজ) = A kind of Dress
Almari (আলমারি)= Cabinet
also, adoro is like the word aador in bengali, which means adore or affection.
Some nice colonization things. Just wanted to add up FYI
Portuguese invasion destroyed the unity of Marthoma Christians ( the traditional St Thomas Christian denomination which existed since 1st century in Kerala).They destroyed their churches and burnt their ancient liturgical texts and forcefully under gunpoint tried to establish Catholicism here.
Not only Malayalam has Portuguese loan words, many Indian languages has it..
Marathi
Konkani
Kannada
Bengali
Telugu
Tamil
Hindi
Gujarati
Even more...
Are you a joke 😂
😂😂
Comrade Lenin speaks Portuguese well.
Really didn’t see this one coming. They’re not even from the same language family.
Those are Portuguese loan words to Malayalam language (south India )
As an Odia, we use Kunja/Kunji for key, but chaabi is also widely understood. Rest other words are even present in Hindi/Urdu like Malayalam.
2) We also call Almirah only.
3) Kamra/room is called Bakhara in Odia.
3) Janela is also used in Bengali.
In Odia, the word for window is Baatasaraw or Jharaka.
4) Mej is used in Hindi, its called Bedha( ବେଢ଼ା/बेढ़ा) in Odia.
Kunja and kunji means in Tamil is dick male sexual part
In marathi ue use 'killi' for key...
Man in Bengali also janala = window. Didn’t know in Malayali as well. Same for chabi= key and kedara = chair, towale = towel, almari = cupboard/chest, aya= maid
We actually use vellakari or panikari for maid. Vellakari is used rarely now I think so as it sounds little disrespectful so we use Panikari (Houseworker)
Bro I am shocked. I am Czech and I understand the word for onion which in Czech is cibule and cabinet which is almara.
Jak se mas? The reason why Indian languages have many loaned words from Portuguese due to their trade and rule in India, many of those items probably never existed in India before the Portuguese arrival, and the people had to use new words from Portuguese when they introduced these items in India.Cebule was brought to India by the Portuguese and the Indians didn't have any name for it.
Good to know about similarities between Portuguese and Malayalam
Bahasa Indonesia : jendela (window), meja (table) , lelang (auction) , kemeja (shirt), tuala -in Bahasa Melayu i think (towel), almari (archaic word) or lemari means wardrobe, padri/paderi also archaic word for religious person yup, also gereja (church), bendera (flag), sepatu (shoes) and many more, because in 1400s or 1500s cmiw, Portuguese and also Spanish sailors , they came to Nusantara for spices trading and we absorbs many words from them
I miss thoses videos thanks
this was so cool
Have you considered a video comparing Yiddish and Pennsylvania Dutch?
After marathi-Portuguese, Malayalam-Portuguese we also wants kannada-Portuguese...
Iam SriLankan all this words use Sinhala Languages as same meaning Jannel = window cames = shirt
Don't tell me that these guys have NOT shared notes before hand. I am shocked! Please can someone confirm
Except for one or two words, all others are used in Hindi and some other North Indian languages as well.
The first guy did say he has a neutral accent so maybe thats why
@@11naa44 *He said his mother is from central Keralam and father is from southern Keralam. Not north India.*
It’s similar to Turkish masa which means table
yes
In Indonesian:
Janela = jendela
Chave = 🤷♂️
Mesa = meja
Leilão = lelang
Cadeira = kadera (chiefly in eastern Indonesia)
Calção = 🤷♂️
Camisa = kamisa, less common than kemeja
Cebola = 🤷♂️
Manga = Mangga
Aside from the loan words between the two languages, there were also some less recognizable indo-european cognates due to Sanskrit loan words. Reinha is cognate with rajñi for queen in malayalam, and divasam is cognate with dia for day.
Hai can you do Malay and Chinese?
Something more interesting is that even in bengali we say 'jalna' for window. It might have some connection with the discussed word
Even in bhojpuri we say jangla
Laranja for orange in Portuguese? In Malayalam, it's Naranga and Naranja in Spanish.
But the difference is , naranga in Malayalam means lemon not orange...
Bahador means brave, really bshador
Bahador,, try to get Sankrit and Russian..🎉
Nanny vs Granny, the things we pronounce and listen to.
Engineering grads also know about sound engineering, editing and overhearing
Malayali pwoli alle 💪
Useless all words are tamil words
This means that all the languages has the same root
Srilankan Tamil use those Portuguese words.
All these are common in hindi as well.
Im a kanyakumari malayali...
Portugal was the first colonial power in Kerala hence the influence
The Brazilian language is a derivation of the Portuguese language
Portuguese is portuguese, European or Brazilian are only the accents and some regional slang
These are Portuguese loan words to Malayalam language..
Almari bhojpuri
azaries like iranian face genetic is sane but language is turkik because pure turk like chinese is ghazaghestan and gherghizestanian and turkmanestan.... and we have turkman in iran copy of chinese but azarbaigan is persian race or iranic race
Kamees malayalam
Omg??
Kamees an arabic word.... Shirt
Tami is older
Ot os a celtic word. Not every influence is arabic, tamil or sanskrit even though you guys are taught that
In our locality in thrissur/kerala we say sabola not sawala
Both languages have sanskrit influence too. So...
I’m not sure how Portuguese has “Sanskrit Influences”.
Sanskrit have no influence in Portuguese
@@lani6647 Yes, Portuguese doesn't have Sanskrit influence, this guy is just blowing his trumpet. The only thing common between Sanskrit and Portuguese is that they both belong to the Indo-European family of languages.
@@samkupp1390Malayalam isnt Indo-European though
That is why we call Portuguese an Indo-European language
*🕉️ 🚩 🇮🇳 INDIA 🇮🇳 🚩 🕉️*
You can do this with Sinhala as Sinhala has a lot of Portuguese loan words.