Countries
Madagascar
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
azafady
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
malgache
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Irish people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Malagasy and Irish Speaking population
Malagasy and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available. 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 Malagasy and Irish on Malagasy vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Irish Language Codes
Malagasy and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.