Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
Slán
  
Ate
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
c. 750
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Lithuanian
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Irish and Lithuanian Speaking population
Irish and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available. 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 Lithuanian on Irish vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Lithuanian Language Codes
Irish and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.