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Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
46  
1

National Language
Ireland  
Spain  

Second Language
Ireland  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
Buenos Días  

Please
le do thoil  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
triste  

Bye
Slán  
adiós  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
3,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
Español  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Spanish people  

History

Origin
c. 750  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Romance  

Branch
Goidelic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
25  
23
2  
2

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
spa  

ISO 639 3
gle  
spa  

ISO 639 6
gle  
spa  

Glottocode
iris1253  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Irish and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Spanish language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Irish vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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