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Malayalam
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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

156
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4120
9 60
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Scripts

Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

26
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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

Bye

വിട (viṭa)
au revoir

I Love You

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

Excuse Me

എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Judeo-Malayalam
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Israel, kerala
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Mappila
African French

Where They Speak

India
Africa

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Pandy Malayalam
Swiss French

Where They Speak

France, kerala
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

38,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

38.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.57 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

38.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
français

Alternative Names

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

French Name

malayalam
français

German Name

Malayalam
Französisch

Pronunciation

[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Malayali
French people

History

Origin

9th Century
9th Century

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early form
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Malayalam
Standard French

Language Position

2913
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Malayalam
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ml
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mal
fra

ISO 639 2/B

mal
fre

ISO 639 3

mal
fra

ISO 639 6

mal
fras

Glottocode

mala1464
stan1290

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Malayalam and French Alphabets

Malayalam and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malayalam and French. In Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Malayalam and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malayalam and French languages. The Malayalam phonology consist Malayalam vowels and Malayalam consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malayalam greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malayalam and French are Most Spoken Languages.

All Malayalam and French Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malayalam and French dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and French language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas French Dialects are spoken in different French speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs French Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. French dialects include: Quebec French , African French. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Malayalam and French Speaking population

Malayalam and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and French languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malayalam and French on Malayalam vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and French Language Codes

Malayalam and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.