Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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
Romanian
  
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Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Slán
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
albanais
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Irish people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Albanian 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 Albanian and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Irish language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Irish Difficulty
The Albanian vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian 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 Albanian and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.