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Countries

Countries

European Union, Ireland
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

23
0 46
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National Language

Ireland
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Ireland
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

United Kingdom
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Foras na Gaeilge
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

1824
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1317
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Dia dhuit
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Go raibh maith agat
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Conas atá tú ?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Oíche mhaith
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Tráthnóna maith duit
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Tráthnóna maith duit
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Dia dhuit ar maidin
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

le do thoil
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Tá brón orm
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Slán
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Is breá liom thú
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Gabh mo leithscéal
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Connacht Irish
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Connacht
Greece

How Many People Speak

100,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Munster Irish
Griko

Where They Speak

Munster
Italy

How Many People Speak

150,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulster Irish
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Ulster
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

140,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

425
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.79 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.14 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.65 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

irlandais moyen
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Mittelirisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Irish people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

c. 750
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Celtic
Hellenic

Branch

Goidelic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Modern Greek

Language Position

2574
1 120
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Signed Forms

Irish Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ga
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

gle
ell

ISO 639 2/B

gle
gre

ISO 639 3

gle
ell

ISO 639 6

gle
ells

Glottocode

iris1253
gree1276

Linguasphere

50-AAA
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Irish and Greek Alphabets

Irish and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Irish and Greek. In Irish Alphabets there are 18 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Irish and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Irish and Greek languages. The Irish phonology consist Irish vowels and Irish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Irish greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Irish and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Irish and Greek Speaking population

Irish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Irish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Greek Language Codes

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