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Irish and Croatian


Croatian and Irish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
9  
7

National Language
Ireland  
Austria  

Second Language
Ireland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
18  
1
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
bok  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
hvala  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
kako si  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
dobro jutro  

Please
le do thoil  
molim  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
Oprostite  

Bye
Slán  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Croatia  

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

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Croatia  

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

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Shtokavian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Hrvatski  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
croate  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Croats  

History

Origin
c. 750  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
-  

Branch
Goidelic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
25  
23
23  
21

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
gle  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
gle  
hrv  

Glottocode
iris1253  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Irish and Croatian 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 Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Irish and Croatian Speaking population

Irish and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Irish vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Croatian Language Codes

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

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