Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
European Union, Poland
  
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 in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.