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Malaysian 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   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
3   
12

National Language
France   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Indonesia   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Hai   

Thank You
Merci   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Selamat pagi   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
sila   

Sorry
désolé   
maaf   

Bye
au revoir   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
African French   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
français   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Français   
Not Available   

French Name
français   
malais   

German Name
Französisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
13   
12
54   
39

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
may   

ISO 639 3
fra   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
stan1306   

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   
Agglutinative   

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All French and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of French and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Malaysian Speaking population

French and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on French vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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