Countries
European Union, Ireland
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Ireland
Portugal
Second Language
Ireland
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
obrigado
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Como você está?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
boa noite
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
bom Dia
Please
le do thoil
Por Favor
Sorry
Tá brón orm
pesaroso
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Connacht
Brazil
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Munster
Portugal
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Ulster
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Português
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Português
French Name
irlandais moyen
portugais
German Name
Mittelirisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
c. 750
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
iris1253
port1283
Linguasphere
50-AAA
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Irish and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Portuguese language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Irish vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.