Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
India
  
National Language
Ireland
  
India
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Govenment of Goa
  
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.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Chike
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
Slán
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Goa
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
konkani
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
c. 750
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Kokani
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Konkani language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Konkani Difficulty
The Irish vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.