Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
India
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
le do thoil
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Slán
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Bihari
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 750
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Irish and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Urdu language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Urdu Difficulty
The Irish vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.