Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Not Available
  
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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Slán
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
kurde
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Kurds
  
Origin
c. 750
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Kurdish language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Irish vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.