Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Ukraine
  
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
  
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Alphabets in
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Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.