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German
German
Irish
Irish
Irish vs German


Countries
Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
European Union, Ireland   
Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13
National Language
Germany   
Ireland   
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Ireland   
Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
United Kingdom   
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Foras na Gaeilge   
Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
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Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
26   
8
18   
1
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2
How Many Consonants
9   
1
13   
3
Scripts
Latin   
Latin   
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
36 weeks   
10
Greetings
Hello
hallo   
Dia dhuit   
Thank You
Danke   
Go raibh maith agat   
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Conas atá tú ?   
Good Night
gute Nacht   
Oíche mhaith   
Good Evening
guten Abend   
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
Please
bitte   
le do thoil   
Sorry
Verzeihung   
Tá brón orm   
Bye
Tschüs   
Slán   
I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Is breá liom thú   
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Gabh mo leithscéal   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Connacht Irish   
Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Connacht   
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   
Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Munster Irish   
Where They Speak
Germany   
Munster   
How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   
Dialect 3
Texas German   
Ulster Irish   
Where They Speak
Texas   
Ulster   
How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   
Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
4   
4
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
1.79 million   
99+
Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   
Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
0.14 million   
99+
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
1.65 million   
35
Native Name
Deutsch   
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
French Name
allemand   
irlandais moyen   
German Name
Deutsch   
Mittelirisch   
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
Ethnicity
Germans   
Irish people   
History
Origin
6th Century AD   
c. 750   
Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   
Subgroup
Germanic   
Celtic   
Branch
Western   
Goidelic   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms   
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   
Signed Forms
Signed German   
Irish Sign Language   
Scope
Individual   
Individual   
Code
ISO 639 1
de   
ga   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu   
gle   
ISO 639 2/B
ger   
gle   
ISO 639 3
deu   
gle   
ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
iris1253   
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
50-AAA   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Verb-Subject-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   
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German and Irish Language History

Comparison of German vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of German and Irish language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Irish Language History.

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

German vs Irish Difficulty

The German vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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