Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
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 in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.