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Turkish vs Irish


Irish vs Turkish


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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
11
36 weeks   
10

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   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Munster Irish   

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

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Ulster Irish   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Ulster   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

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 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
0.14 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
1.65 million   
35

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
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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