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Irish vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Ireland   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Second Language
Ireland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
13   
3
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
le do thoil   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
Slán   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Israel, kerala   

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Munster   
India   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
Not Available   

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
malayalam   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Malayali   

History

Origin
c. 750   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Goidelic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
No early form   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Malayalam   

Language Position
Not Available   
29   
24

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
mal   

ISO 639 3
gle   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Irish and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Malayalam language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 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 Irish and Malayalam Language History.

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

Irish vs Malayalam Difficulty

The Irish vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish 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 Irish and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.

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