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Irish vs Slovene


Slovene vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
18   
1
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Italy   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Slovenia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
48   
31

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Irish and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Slovene language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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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.

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