Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Germany
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
- 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, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Danke
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
bitte
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Deutsch
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
allemand
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Irish people
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Western
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
German and Irish Speaking population
German and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of German and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Irish on German vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Irish Language Codes
German and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.