Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
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.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
le do thoil
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
آسف
  
Bye
Slán
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
452.00 million
  
4
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
arabe
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Arabs
  
Origin
c. 750
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Irish and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Arabic language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Arabic Difficulty
The Irish vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.