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Irish vs Romanian


Romanian vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Ireland  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Ireland  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
alo  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
bună Dimineața  

Please
le do thoil  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
scuze  

Bye
Slán  
La revedere  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
Română  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Romanians  

History

Origin
c. 750  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
-  

Branch
Goidelic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Romanian  

Language Position
25  
23
36  
33

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
rum  

ISO 639 3
gle  
ron  

ISO 639 6
gle  
ron  

Glottocode
iris1253  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Irish and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Romanian language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Irish vs Romanian Difficulty

The Irish vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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