Countries
Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5318
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4113
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
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
le do thoil
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Tá brón orm
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Slán
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialects
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Connacht
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
India
Munster
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Ulster
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million1.79 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %NA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million0.14 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
malayalam
irlandais moyen
German Name
Malayalam
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Irish people
History
Origin
9th Century
c. 750
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Celtic
Branch
Not Available
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Malayalam
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
29NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ml
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
gle
ISO 639 2/B
mal
gle
ISO 639 3
mal
gle
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional