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Malayalam and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
3   
12

National Language
France   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
20   
10
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
Merci   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
désolé   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
au revoir   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Israel, kerala   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Africa   
India   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
France, kerala   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Français   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
français   
malayalam   

German Name
Französisch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Malayali   

History

Origin
9th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Malayalam   

Language Position
13   
12
29   
24

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
mal   

ISO 639 3
fra   
mal   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All French and Malayalam Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all French and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of French and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Malayalam Speaking population

French and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of French and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak French and Malayalam on French vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Malayalam Language Codes

French and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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