Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Japan
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
le do thoil
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Slán
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
japonais
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
c. 750
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Japanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Irish and Japanese Speaking population
Irish and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Irish vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Japanese Language Codes
Irish and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.