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Afrikaans and Irish


Irish and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Ireland  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Foras na Gaeilge  

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.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
Dankie  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
asseblief  
le do thoil  

Sorry
jammer  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
Not Available  
Slán  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Connacht  

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Munster  

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Ulster  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
Afrikaans  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
afrikaans  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Irish people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 750  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Celtic  

Branch
Western  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
gle  

ISO 639 3
afr  
gle  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Fusional  

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All Afrikaans and Irish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Irish dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Irish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Irish Dialects are spoken in different Irish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Irish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish , Munster Irish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Irish Speaking population

Afrikaans and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Irish on Afrikaans vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Irish Language Codes

Afrikaans and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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