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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  
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Derived From
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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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