Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Russia
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Afganistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
спасибо(spasibo)
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
Please
le do thoil
  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Извините(Izvinite)
  
Bye
Slán
  
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
извините(izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Doukhobor Russian
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Olonets
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Olonets
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Novgorod
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Novgorod
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
276.00 million
  
6
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
166.00 million
  
8
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
110.00 million
  
7
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Русский
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Russki
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
russe
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Russisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Russians
  
Origin
c. 750
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Standard Russian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signed Russian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
ru
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
rus
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
rus
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
rus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
russ1263
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
53-AAA-ea
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Irish and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Russian language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Russian Difficulty
The Irish vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.