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1 How Many People Speak

1.1 How Many People Speak?

1.79 million
Rank: 81 (Overall)
Abkhaz speaking population
0.13 1200

1.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa speaking population
0.11 89

1.3 Native Speakers

0.14 million
Rank: 88 (Overall)
Abkhaz speaking population
0.13 873

1.3.1 Second Language Speakers

1.65 million
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Finnish speaking population
0.01 400

1.3.2 Native Name

Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge

1.3.3 Alternative Names

Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish

1.3.4 French Name

irlandais moyen

1.3.5 German Name

Mittelirisch

1.4 Pronunciation

[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]

1.5 Ethnicity

Irish people

Do you know how many people speak Irish?

Different languages are spoken in different regions. Do you know how many people speak Irish? 1.79 million people speak Irish language worldwide. These ethnic group speaking Irish is Irish people and International Phonetic Alphabet IPA of Irish is [ˈɡeːlʲɟə]. Find if Irish is one of the Most Spoken Languages. How many people speak Irish gives you total count of Irish speaking population in millions and in percentage worldwide. Are you interested in finding the countries that speak Irish, then check Irish Speaking Countries and get to know all the Irish countries.

Irish Speaking Population

Here you get to know how many people speak Irish in percentage. The Irish speaking population is Not Available. Irish Speaking Population is the percentage of world population speaking Irish language. Along with this, you can also find the dialects in Irish spoken in various regions under Irish Dialects. Chinese, Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world and is at the top place.

Native Irish Speakers

You will get to know second language speakers of Irish language as well as native Irish Speakers under how many people speak Irish language. There is an estimate that there are almost 0.14 million native speakers of Irish language. Some languages have relatively large populations of native speakers and on other hand some languages have small population of native speakers. 1.65 million population speak Irish as second language where Irish is not the native language of the speaker. The number of second language speakers mentioned in how many people speak Irish are those whose native language is minority language of country in which they live. They learn the second language because it is official language of the country where they reside.

Native name of Irish

How many people speak Irish serves you with native name of Irish language. The native name of Irish is Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge. Native names are the local names for the languages. The native names of the languages are used by the native speakers of that language. The alternative names of Irish are Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish. The German and French names for Irish language is as follows:

  • French Name for Irish: irlandais moyen.
  • German Name for Irish: Mittelirisch.
In some applications, instead of using language names they use language codes, check out the language code of Irish on Irish Language Codes.