Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
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 in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.