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Arabic vs Irish


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
23   
4

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

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

Alphabets
18   
1
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
13   
3
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

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   

History

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   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Irish and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Arabic language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Irish and Arabic Language History.

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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.

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