Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
European Union, Ireland
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
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Celtic
  
Branch
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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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.