Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
India
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
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.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Not Available
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
Slán
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Bhutan
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
c. 750
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Dzongkha
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish and Dzongkha Speaking population
Irish and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha on Irish vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Dzongkha Language Codes
Irish and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.