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Irish vs Czech


Czech vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ireland   
Czech Republic   

Second Language
Ireland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
32   
21

How Many Consonants
13   
3
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
ahoj   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
děkuji   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
dobré ráno   

Please
le do thoil   
prosím   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
litovat   

Bye
Slán   
sbohem   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Chod   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Lach   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
Not Available   

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
tchèque   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Czechs   

History

Origin
c. 750   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Slavic   

Branch
Goidelic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
Not Available   
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
cze   

ISO 639 3
gle   
ces   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
53-AAA-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Irish and Czech Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Czech language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Czech Language History.

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Irish and Czech 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 Czech greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Czech language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Czech word for "Thank You" is děkuji. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Czech Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Irish vs Czech Difficulty

The Irish vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Czech 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 Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.

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