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German and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Ireland  
Germany  

Second Language
Ireland  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
13  
3
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
hallo  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
Danke  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
guten Morgen  

Please
le do thoil  
bitte  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Slán  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
35
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
allemand  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Germans  

History

Origin
c. 750  
6th Century AD  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
Not Available  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
ger  

ISO 639 3
gle  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
iris1253  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Irish and German Speaking population

Irish and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and German languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Irish vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and German Language Codes

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

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