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Irish vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ireland   
Ukraine   

Second Language
Ireland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
13   
3
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
le do thoil   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Slán   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
Not Available   

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Not Available   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
ukrainien   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
c. 750   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Slavic   

Branch
Goidelic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
gle   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Irish and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Ukrainian language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Irish vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Irish vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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