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Irish vs Polish


Polish vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Ireland  
Poland  

Second Language
Ireland  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
13  
3
23  
13

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  
cześć  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
Dzień dobry  

Please
le do thoil  
proszę  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
Przepraszam  

Bye
Slán  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
polonais  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Poles  

History

Origin
c. 750  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Slavic  

Branch
Goidelic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Polish  

Language Position
25  
23
24  
22

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
pol  

ISO 639 3
gle  
pol  

ISO 639 6
gle  
pols  

Glottocode
iris1253  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
53-AAA-cc  

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 Polish Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Polish language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Irish vs Polish Difficulty

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

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