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Irish vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Ireland  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
grazie  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
Per Favore  
le do thoil  

Sorry
scusate  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
arrivederci  
Slán  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Ulster  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
1.65 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
italien  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Italienisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Irish people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
c. 750  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Italian  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
27  
25
25  
23

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
gle  

ISO 639 3
ita  
gle  

ISO 639 6
itas  
gle  

Glottocode
ital1282  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Italian and Irish Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Irish language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. 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 Italian and Irish Language History.

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Italian and Irish 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 Italian and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Irish language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Irish Difficulty

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

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