Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
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.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
le do thoil
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
Slán
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
India, Nepal
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
népalais
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
c. 750
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Nepali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Irish and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Nepali language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Nepali Difficulty
The Irish vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.