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Romanian vs Irish


Irish vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
European Union, Ireland   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Ireland   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Ireland   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Foras na Gaeilge   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
18   
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
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
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Dia dhuit   

Thank You
multumesc   
Go raibh maith agat   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Conas atá tú ?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Oíche mhaith   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Dia dhuit ar maidin   

Please
Vă Rog   
le do thoil   

Sorry
scuze   
Tá brón orm   

Bye
La revedere   
Slán   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Is breá liom thú   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Gabh mo leithscéal   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Connacht Irish   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Connacht   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Munster Irish   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Munster   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Ulster Irish   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Ulster   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
1.79 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
0.14 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
1.65 million   
35

Native Name
Română   
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
irlandais moyen   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Mittelirisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Irish people   

History

Origin
1521   
c. 750   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Goidelic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Irish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
ga   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
gle   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
gle   

ISO 639 3
ron   
gle   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
iris1253   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
50-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Romanian and Irish Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Irish language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Irish Language History.

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

Romanian vs Irish Difficulty

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

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