Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
désolé
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Français
  
French Name
malayalam
  
français
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic