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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  
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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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