Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Turkey
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Merhaba
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
İyi Geceler
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
günaydın
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
lütfen
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
üzgünüm
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Hoşçakal
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Türkçe
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
turc
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Türkisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Turkish
  
Irish people
  
Origin
c. 1350
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
tr
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tur
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
tur
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
tur
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1301
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Turkish 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 Turkish and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Irish language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Irish Difficulty
The Turkish vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.