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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Bye
Slán
  
Чао (Čao)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
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
  
Origin
c. 750
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
ga
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.