Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.