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Russian vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Ireland  
Russia  

Second Language
Ireland  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
18  
1
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
13  
3
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
le do thoil  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Slán  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Russki  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
russe  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Russians  

History

Origin
c. 750  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Slavic  

Branch
Goidelic  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
25  
23
7  
7

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
rus  

ISO 639 3
gle  
rus  

ISO 639 6
gle  
rus  

Glottocode
iris1253  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
53-AAA-ea  

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 Russian Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Russian language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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

Irish vs Russian Difficulty

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

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