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Irish vs German


German vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Ireland   
Germany   

Second Language
Ireland   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
13   
3
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
hallo   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
Danke   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
guten Morgen   

Please
le do thoil   
bitte   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Slán   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
allemand   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Germans   

History

Origin
c. 750   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Germanic   

Branch
Goidelic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
ger   

ISO 639 3
gle   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
iris1253   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Irish and German Language History

Comparison of Irish vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and German language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Irish vs German Difficulty

The Irish vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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