Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- 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
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Mi petas
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Ulster
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Esperanto
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
espéranto
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Irish people
  
Origin
1887
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Irish language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Irish Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.