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Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

National Language
Ireland   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Ireland   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
Hello   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
Good Morning   

Please
le do thoil   
Please   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
Sorry   

Bye
Slán   
Bye   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
American English   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
English   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Not Available   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
anglais   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 750   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Goidelic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
eng   

ISO 639 3
gle   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
iris1253   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Irish and English Speaking population

Irish and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and English languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Irish vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and English Language Codes

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

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