Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
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 in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.