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French vs Malayalam


Malayalam 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  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
3  
12

National Language
France  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
20  
10
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
Merci  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
désolé  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
au revoir  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
African French  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Africa  
India  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
français  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Français  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
français  
malayalam  

German Name
Französisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Malayali  

History

Origin
9th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Malayalam  

Language Position
13  
12
29  
27

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
mal  

ISO 639 3
fra  
mal  

ISO 639 6
fras  
mal  

Glottocode
stan1290  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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French and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of French vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of French and Malayalam language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Malayalam Language History.

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French and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Malayalam language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common French Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Malayalam Difficulty

The French vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.

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