Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
European Union, Ireland
National Language
France
Ireland
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Merci
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
bonsoir
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Bonjour
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
S'il vous plaît
le do thoil
I Love You
Je t'aime
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Connacht
Dialect 2
African French
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Africa
Munster
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Ulster
Native Name
français
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Français
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
français
irlandais moyen
German Name
Französisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
French people
Irish people
Origin
9th Century
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Standard French
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1290
iris1253
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
50-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
French 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 French and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Irish language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common French Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Irish Difficulty
The French vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.