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Irish vs Serbian


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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