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Irish vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
18   
1
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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
4   
4
0   

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   
Not Available   

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   

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Irish and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Esperanto language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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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.

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