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Irish vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Ireland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
13  
3

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
le do thoil  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Slán  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Ulster  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
Not Available  

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
coréen  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Irish people  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
c. 750  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Celtic  

Branch
Not Available  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
gle  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
gle  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Korean and Irish Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Irish language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. 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 Korean and Irish Language History.

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Korean and Irish 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 Korean and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Irish language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Irish Difficulty

The Korean vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Irish 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 Korean and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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