Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Ireland
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
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Spanish
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Egun on
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Slán
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
basque
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Basque people
  
Origin
c. 750
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Irish and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Basque language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Basque Difficulty
The Irish vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.