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
  
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 in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
38.00 million
  
33
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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