Countries
United States of America
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
- 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
Apache Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
navaho
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Irish people
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Navajo 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 Navajo and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Irish language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Irish Difficulty
The Navajo vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo 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 Navajo and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.