Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Norway
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
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.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
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Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
takk
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
god morgen
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
Slán
  
ha det
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Sogn
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Norsk
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
c. 750
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Irish and Norwegian Speaking population
Irish and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian on Irish vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Norwegian Language Codes
Irish and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.