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Serbian vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Ireland  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Ireland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
le do thoil  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Slán  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Southeastern Serbia  

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
35
Not Available  

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Montenegrin  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
serbe  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Serbs  

History

Origin
c. 750  
11th Century  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
srp  

ISO 639 3
gle  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
iris1253  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Irish and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Serbian language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Irish vs Serbian Difficulty

The Irish vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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