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Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
2  
13

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  
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
Dia dhuit  

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  

Sorry
triste  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
adiós  
Slán  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Connacht  

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

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Munster  

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

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Ulster  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
1.65 million  
99+

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
Spanish people  
Irish people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
c. 750  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

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
2  
2
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
gle  

ISO 639 3
spa  
gle  

ISO 639 6
spa  
gle  

Glottocode
stan1288  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Spanish and Irish Language History

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

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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.

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