Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
European Union, Ireland
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
شكرا
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
من فضلك
le do thoil
I Love You
أحبك
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Connacht
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Sudan
Munster
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Ulster
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
arabe
irlandais moyen
German Name
Arabisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Irish people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
North Arabic
Goidelic
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
arab1395
iris1253
Linguasphere
12-AAC
50-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Arabic 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 Arabic and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Irish language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Irish Difficulty
The Arabic vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.