Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Slán
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
c. 750
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Slovak
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Irish and Slovak Speaking population
Irish and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Irish and Slovak on Irish vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Slovak Language Codes
Irish and Slovak language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Slovak Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.