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Serbian vs Irish


Irish vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
European Union, Ireland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Ireland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Ireland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Foras na Gaeilge   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
18   
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
13   
3

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Dia dhuit   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Go raibh maith agat   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Conas atá tú ?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Oíche mhaith   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Dia dhuit ar maidin   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
le do thoil   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Tá brón orm   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Slán   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Is breá liom thú   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Gabh mo leithscéal   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Connacht Irish   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Connacht   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Munster Irish   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Munster   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Ulster Irish   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Ulster   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
1.79 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
0.14 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.65 million   
35

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   

French Name
serbe   
irlandais moyen   

German Name
Serbisch   
Mittelirisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Irish people   

History

Origin
11th Century   
c. 750   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Goidelic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Irish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ga   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
gle   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
gle   

ISO 639 3
srp   
gle   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
iris1253   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
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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Serbian and Irish Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Irish language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian and Irish Language History.

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

Serbian vs Irish Difficulty

The Serbian vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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