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Irish and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ireland   
South Africa   

Second Language
Ireland   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
13   
3
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
hallo   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
goeie more   

Please
le do thoil   
asseblief   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
jammer   

Bye
Slán   
Not Available   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
afrikaans   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
c. 750   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Germanic   

Branch
Goidelic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Standard Afrikaans   

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
afr   

ISO 639 3
gle   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
iris1253   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic   

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All Irish and Afrikaans 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 Irish and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Irish and Afrikaans Speaking population

Irish and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Irish and Afrikaans on Irish vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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