Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
European Union, Ireland
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Connacht
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Olonets
Munster
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Ulster
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
iris1253
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
50-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Russian 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 Russian and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Irish language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Irish Difficulty
The Russian vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.