Countries
Philippines
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Palihug
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Babay
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Visayan
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
cebuano
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Irish people
  
Origin
16th century
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Irish language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Irish Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.