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Slovene vs Irish


Irish vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
Ireland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
Not Available  

Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
Hvala  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
Prosim  
le do thoil  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
Slán  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Resian  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Munster  

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Ulster  

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
Not available  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
slovène  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Irish people  

History

Origin
972-1093  
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
Slovene  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
gle  

ISO 639 3
slv  
gle  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1268  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Slovene and Irish Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Irish language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Irish Language History.

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

Slovene vs Irish Difficulty

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

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