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Irish and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
Ireland  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
13  
3

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
le do thoil  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Slán  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Munster  

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Ulster  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
Not Available  

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
Русский  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
russe  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Russisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Irish people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 750  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Celtic  

Branch
Eastern  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
7  
7
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
gle  

ISO 639 3
rus  
gle  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Russian and Irish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Irish dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Irish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Irish Dialects are spoken in different Irish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Irish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish , Munster Irish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Irish Speaking population

Russian and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Irish on Russian vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Irish Language Codes

Russian and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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