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Mongolian vs Irish


Irish vs Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Ireland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • 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
Turkish Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
13  
3

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
le do thoil  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
Slán  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Connacht  

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Ulster  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
mongol  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Irish people  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
c. 750  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Celtic  

Branch
Not Available  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
gle  

ISO 639 3
mon  
gle  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mong1331  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Mongolian and Irish Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Irish language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 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 Mongolian and Irish Language History.

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

Mongolian vs Irish Difficulty

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

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