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Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
46   
1

National Language
Ireland   
Spain   

Second Language
Ireland   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
22   
12

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
hola   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
Buenos Días   

Please
le do thoil   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
triste   

Bye
Slán   
adiós   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
Not Available   
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
Español   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 750   
210 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Romance   

Branch
Goidelic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
Not Available   
2   
2

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
spa   

ISO 639 3
gle   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Irish and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Spanish language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Irish vs Spanish Difficulty

The Irish vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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