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Irish and Slovak


Slovak and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

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

Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
18   
1
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
13   
3
38   
27

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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All Irish and Slovak Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Irish and Slovak dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Slovak language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Slovak Dialects are spoken in different Slovak speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Slovak Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak , Central Slovak. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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