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Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
10   
6

National Language
Ireland   
Portugal   

Second Language
Ireland   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
13   
3
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
Olá   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
boa noite   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
bom Dia   

Please
le do thoil   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
pesaroso   

Bye
Slán   
tchau   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
Português   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Português   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
portugais   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
c. 750   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Romance   

Branch
Goidelic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Portuguese   

Language Position
Not Available   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
por   

ISO 639 3
gle   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
port1283   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Irish and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Portuguese language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Irish vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Irish vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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