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Irish vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
European Union, Ireland   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Ireland   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Ireland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Foras na Gaeilge   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
18   
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
13   
3

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Dia dhuit   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Go raibh maith agat   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Conas atá tú ?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Oíche mhaith   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Dia dhuit ar maidin   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
le do thoil   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Tá brón orm   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Slán   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Is breá liom thú   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Gabh mo leithscéal   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Connacht Irish   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Connacht   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Munster Irish   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Munster   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Ulster Irish   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Ulster   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
1.79 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
0.14 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
1.65 million   
35

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   

French Name
chinois   
irlandais moyen   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Mittelirisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Irish people   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
c. 750   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan 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 Chinese   
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Irish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
ga   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
gle   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
gle   

ISO 639 3
zho   
gle   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
iris1253   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
50-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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Chinese and Irish Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Irish language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Irish Language History.

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

Chinese vs Irish Difficulty

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

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