Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Slán
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
slovène
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
c. 750
  
972-1093
  
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
  
Slovene
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Irish and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Slovene language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Slovene Difficulty
The Irish vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.