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Irish vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
European Union, Ireland   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
Ireland   

Second Language
United States of America   
Ireland   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Foras na Gaeilge   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
18   
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Dia dhuit   

Thank You
obrigado   
Go raibh maith agat   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Conas atá tú ?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Oíche mhaith   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Dia dhuit ar maidin   

Please
Por Favor   
le do thoil   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Tá brón orm   

Bye
tchau   
Slán   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Is breá liom thú   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Gabh mo leithscéal   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Connacht Irish   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Connacht   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Munster Irish   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Munster   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Ulster Irish   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Ulster   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
1.79 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
0.14 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
1.65 million   
35

Native Name
Português   
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   

Alternative Names
Português   
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   

French Name
portugais   
irlandais moyen   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Mittelirisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Irish people   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
c. 750   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Goidelic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Irish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
ga   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
gle   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
gle   

ISO 639 3
por   
gle   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
iris1253   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
50-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Portuguese and Irish Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Irish language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century 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 Portuguese and Irish Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Irish Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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