Countries
Norway
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Norway
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
takk
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
god natt
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
ha det
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Norsk
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Irish people
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Irish language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Irish Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.