Countries
India, Pakistan
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
India
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Slán
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
اُردُو
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
ourdou
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Irish people
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Urdu 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 Urdu and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Irish language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Irish Difficulty
The Urdu vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.