Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
le do thoil
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Slán
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
malgache
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
c. 750
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
iris1253
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Malagasy language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Irish vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.