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
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
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
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
mala1464
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Malayalam and French 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 Malayalam and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and French language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs French Difficulty
The Malayalam vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and French 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 Malayalam and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.
