Home
Languagevs


Croatian vs Irish


Irish vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

National Language
Austria  
Ireland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
hvala  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
kako si  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
molim  
le do thoil  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Slán  

I Love You
Volim te  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Ulster  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
1.65 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
croate  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Irish people  

History

Origin
9th century  
c. 750  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
23  
21
25  
23

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
gle  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
gle  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
gle  

Glottocode
croa1245  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

Countries >>
<< All

Croatian and Irish Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Irish language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Irish Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Croatian vs Irish Difficulty

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages