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Greek vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
18  
1
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

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
100,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Ukraine  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

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
25  
23
74  
99+

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  

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Irish and Greek Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Greek language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Irish and Greek Language History.

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Irish and Greek 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 Irish and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Greek language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Irish vs Greek Difficulty

The Irish vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Greek 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 Irish and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.

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