Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
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
Malaysia
  
France
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Bonjour
  
Please
sila
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
maaf
  
désolé
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Français
  
French Name
malais
  
français
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
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
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic