1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Ireland
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Ireland
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
United Kingdom
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
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
Go raibh maith agat
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
goeie more
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Baster Afrikaans
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?
1.79 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.14 million7.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
1.65 million10.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
irlandais moyen
afrikaans
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
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
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
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology