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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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