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Irish vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
2  
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Ireland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
13  
3

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
شكرا  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
من فضلك  
le do thoil  

Sorry
آسف  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
وداعا  
Slán  

I Love You
أحبك  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Connacht  

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Ulster  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
Not Available  

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
arabe  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Arabisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Irish people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
c. 750  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Celtic  

Branch
North Arabic  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
25  
21
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
gle  

ISO 639 3
ara  
gle  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Arabic and Irish Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Irish language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Irish Language History.

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Arabic 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 Arabic and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Irish language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Irish Difficulty

The Arabic vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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