Countries
Nigeria
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
- 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
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Biko
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Slán
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
igbo
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
igbo
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Irish people
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
nucl1417
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Igbo 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 Igbo and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Irish language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Irish Difficulty
The Igbo vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.