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Irish and Macedonian


Macedonian and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ireland   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
Ireland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
le do thoil   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Slán   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
Not Available   

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
macédonien   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
c. 750   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Slavic   

Branch
Goidelic   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Macedonian   

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
mac   

ISO 639 3
gle   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic   

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

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Irish and Macedonian Speaking population

Irish and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available. 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 Macedonian on Irish vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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