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Irish vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Ireland   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

Second Language
Ireland   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Kazakh language agency   

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.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
le do thoil   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
Slán   
bye   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Kazakhstan   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
Not Available   

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
kazakh   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
c. 750   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Turkic   

Branch
Goidelic   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Kazakh   

Language Position
Not Available   
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
gle   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
kaza1248   

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   

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Irish and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Kazakh language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Kazakh Language History.

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

Irish vs Kazakh Difficulty

The Irish vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.

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