Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
hej
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
god morgon
  
Please
le do thoil
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Slán
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
suédois
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
c. 750
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Swedish language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Swedish Difficulty
The Irish vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.