Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
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Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Please
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Bye
  
Slán
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
English
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
anglais
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Irish people
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Fusional