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Irish vs Polish


Polish vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ireland   
Poland   

Second Language
Ireland   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
13   
3
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
cześć   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
Dzień dobry   

Please
le do thoil   
proszę   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Slán   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
Not Available   

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
polonais   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Poles   

History

Origin
c. 750   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Slavic   

Branch
Goidelic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
pol   

ISO 639 3
gle   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
iris1253   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Irish and Polish Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Polish language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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Irish and Polish 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 Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Polish language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Irish vs Polish Difficulty

The Irish vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Polish 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 Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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