Countries
European Union, Ireland
Macedonia
National Language
Ireland
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Not Available
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Dia dhuit
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
le do thoil
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
жал (žal)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Connacht
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Debar
Where They Speak
Munster
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Ulster
Macedonia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
irlandais moyen
macédonien
German Name
Mittelirisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Macedonians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
iris1253
mace1250
Linguasphere
50-AAA
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic
Irish and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Macedonian language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Irish vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.