Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Prosím
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
slovaque
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Irish people
  
Origin
6th Century
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Western
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Irish language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Irish Difficulty
The Slovak vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.