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Irish vs Slovak


Slovak vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Ireland  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
Ireland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
13  
3
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
Dobré ráno  

Please
le do thoil  
Prosím  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
Pardón!  

Bye
Slán  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
35
Not Available  

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
slovaque  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
c. 750  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Slavic  

Branch
Goidelic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Slovak  

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
slo  

ISO 639 3
gle  
slk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
iris1253  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Irish and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Slovak language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Irish vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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