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Irish vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Ireland  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

Second Language
Ireland  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Kazakh language agency  

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.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
le do thoil  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
Slán  
bye  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
kazakh  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
c. 750  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Turkic  

Branch
Goidelic  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Kazakh  

Language Position
25  
23
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
gle  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
gle  
kaz  

Glottocode
iris1253  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Irish and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Kazakh language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Kazakh Language History.

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

Irish vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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