Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
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.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Slán
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 750
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Filipino language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Filipino Difficulty
The Irish vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.