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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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