Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Slán
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Abkhazia
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
c. 750
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Abkhaz
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Irish and Abkhaz 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 Irish and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Abkhaz language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Irish vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Abkhaz 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 Irish and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.