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Norwegian vs Irish


Irish vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
European Union, Ireland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
29   
11
18   
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Connacht Irish   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Connacht   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Munster Irish   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Munster   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Ulster Irish   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Ulster   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Norwegian and Irish Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Irish language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD 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 Norwegian and Irish Language History.

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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.

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