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Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
2  
13

National Language
Turkey  
Ireland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Foras na Gaeilge  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
lütfen  
le do thoil  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Slán  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Ulster  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
1.65 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
turc  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Türkisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Irish people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
c. 750  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Celtic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
19  
17
25  
23

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
gle  

ISO 639 3
tur  
gle  

ISO 639 6
tur  
gle  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Turkish and Irish Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Irish language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Irish Language History.

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

Turkish vs Irish Difficulty

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

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