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Arabic and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
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  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
23  
4

National Language
Ireland  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Ireland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
13  
3
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
صباح الخير  

Please
le do thoil  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
آسف  

Bye
Slán  
وداعا  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
arabe  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
c. 750  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Semitic  

Branch
Goidelic  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
25  
23
25  
23

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
ara  

ISO 639 3
gle  
ara  

ISO 639 6
gle  
ara  

Glottocode
iris1253  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Irish and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Irish and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Irish and Arabic Speaking population

Irish and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Irish and Arabic on Irish vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Arabic Language Codes

Irish and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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