Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Ireland
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
le do thoil
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Slán
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
maithili
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
c. 750
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish and Maithili Speaking population
Irish and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Irish vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Maithili Language Codes
Irish and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.