Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Slán
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Not Available
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
kurde
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Kurds
  
Origin
c. 750
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish and Kurdish Speaking population
Irish and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Irish vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Kurdish Language Codes
Irish and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.