Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
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.
  
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Biko
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Ndo
  
Bye
Slán
  
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I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Ibo
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
igbo
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
c. 750
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Kwa
  
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
  
Standard Igbo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
iris1253
  
nucl1417
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Irish and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Igbo language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Igbo Difficulty
The Irish vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.