Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
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Macedonian language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Slán
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 750
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Bulgarian language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Irish vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.