Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
le do thoil
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Slán
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
amharique
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Amharas
  
Origin
c. 750
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
iris1253
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Irish and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Amharic language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Amharic Difficulty
The Irish vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.