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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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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