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Malaysian vs 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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French and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of French vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Malaysian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on French and Malaysian Language History.

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French and Malaysian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where French and Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Malaysian language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common French Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Malaysian Difficulty

The French vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Malaysian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare French and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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