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Russian vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
18   
1
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
13   
3
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

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   

History

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   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Irish and Russian Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Russian language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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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.

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