1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
European Union, Ireland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Ireland
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Foras na Gaeilge
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Dankie
Go raibh maith agat
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Conas atá tú ?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
Dia dhuit ar maidin
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Is breá liom thú
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Gabh mo leithscéal
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Connacht Irish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Munster Irish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Ulster Irish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million1.79 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million0.14 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.30 million1.65 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Afrikaans
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
5.3.4 French Name
afrikaans
irlandais moyen
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Irish Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology