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
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
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
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
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 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
stan1306
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Malaysian 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 Malaysian and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and French language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs French Difficulty
The Malaysian vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.