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Slovak vs Irish


Irish vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
46  
26
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
38  
27
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
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
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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Slovak and Irish Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Irish language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak and Irish Language History.

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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.

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