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Irish vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
18   
1
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Irish and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Macedonian language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Irish and Macedonian Language History.

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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.

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