Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
le do thoil
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Slán
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
persan
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
c. 750
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Irish and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Persian language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Persian Difficulty
The Irish vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.