Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
European Union, Ireland
  
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 in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Malayalam and Irish 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 Malayalam and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Irish language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Irish Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Irish 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 Malayalam and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.