Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
India
  
National Language
Ireland
  
India
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
le do thoil
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Slán
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 750
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Irish and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Sanskrit language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Irish vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.