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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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