Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Ireland
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
le do thoil
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Slán
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
coréen
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Koreans
  
Origin
c. 750
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative