Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Ireland
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Slán
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 750
  
1887
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Esperanto
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
iris1253
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Irish and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Esperanto language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Irish vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.