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
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 in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Je t'aime
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Mappila
Where They Speak
Africa
India
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Malayali
Origin
9th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard French
Malayalam
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
mala1464
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
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.