Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Hai
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
le do thoil
  
sila
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
maaf
  
Bye
Slán
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
175.00 million
  
10
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
malais
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 750
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Irish and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Malaysian language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Malaysian Difficulty
The Irish vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.