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Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Ireland  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Ireland  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
13  
3
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
le do thoil  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Slán  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Munster  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
35
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Not Available  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
chinois  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Han  

History

Origin
c. 750  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Not Available  

Branch
Goidelic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
chi  

ISO 639 3
gle  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
iris1253  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Irish and Chinese Speaking population

Irish and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Irish vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Chinese Language Codes

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

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