Irish Gaelic vs Welsh
Two celtic languages, side by side.
Irish Gaelic
Gaeilge
- Curated vocabulary
- 380 words
- Curriculum
- 18 units · 80 lessons
- Verbs inflect for person
- Yes
- Tenses drilled
- 5
- Tutor speaks it aloud
- Text only
- Pronunciation practice
- Yes
Welsh
Cymraeg
- Curated vocabulary
- 377 words
- Curriculum
- 18 units · 80 lessons
- Verbs inflect for person
- Yes
- Tenses drilled
- 5
- Tutor speaks it aloud
- Yes
- Pronunciation practice
- Yes
The first words in each
| Irish Gaelic | Welsh | English |
|---|---|---|
| an | y | the (sg.); lenites a following consonant on feminine nouns (an bhean) / the (before a consonant) |
| na | yr | the (pl.); prefixes h- to plural vowels (na héin) / the (before a vowel or h) |
| mé | 'r | I, me / the (after a vowel) |
| tú | fi | you (sg.) / I, me |
| sé | ti | he, it (m.) / you (informal sg.) |
| sí | fe | she, it (f.) / he (S. Wales; ef in N. Wales / literary) |
| muid | hi | we (muid is the everyday spoken form; sinn is literary) / she, it (f.) |
| sibh | ni | you (pl.) / we, us |
Irish Gaelic vs Welsh - FAQ
- Is Irish Gaelic or Welsh harder to learn?
- We won't rank them: it depends on what you already speak. Both conjugate the same way (verbs change according to who is acting), and Semantix drills 5 tenses in Irish Gaelic against 5 in Welsh.
- Can I practise speaking both?
- Welsh is spoken aloud by the tutor. Irish Gaelic is text-only, because AWS Polly has no voice for it - we would rather say so than ship something worse.