Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Somalia
  
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.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
le do thoil
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
Slán
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
galla
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Oromos
  
Origin
c. 750
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Cushitic
  
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
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
nucl1736
  
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 Oromo Speaking population
Irish and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Irish vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Oromo Language Codes
Irish and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.