Countries
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
European Union, Ireland
National Language
Spain
Ireland
Second Language
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
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- 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 Language
Not Available
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Gracias
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Por Favor
le do thoil
I Love You
Te Quiero
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Mexico
Connacht
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Cuba
Munster
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Ulster
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Español
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
espagnol; castillan
irlandais moyen
German Name
Spanisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Irish people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Goidelic
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
iris1253
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
50-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Spanish 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 Spanish and Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Irish language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Irish Difficulty
The Spanish vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.