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Irish vs Romanian


Romanian vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Ireland   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Ireland   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
13   
3
20   
10

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   
alo   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
bună Dimineața   

Please
le do thoil   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
scuze   

Bye
Slán   
La revedere   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
Română   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Romanians   

History

Origin
c. 750   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Goidelic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Romanian   

Language Position
Not Available   
36   
28

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
rum   

ISO 639 3
gle   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Irish and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Romanian language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Irish vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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