Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
ciao
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
buongiorno
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
scusate
  
Bye
Slán
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Italiano
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
italien
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Italians
  
Origin
c. 750
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Romance
  
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
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Irish and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Italian language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Italian Difficulty
The Irish vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.