Countries
Israel
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Israel
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Slán
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
hébreu
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Irish people
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Irish language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Irish Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.