Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
le do thoil
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Slán
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
c. 750
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic