Countries
Macedonia
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
- 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
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Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
macédonien
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Irish people
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Fusional
  
Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Irish language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Irish Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.