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Spanish and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
46   
1

National Language
Ireland   
Spain   

Second Language
Ireland   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
18   
1
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
hola   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
Buenos Días   

Please
le do thoil   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
triste   

Bye
Slán   
adiós   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Munster   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
Not Available   
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
Español   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 750   
210 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Romance   

Branch
Goidelic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
Not Available   
2   
2

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
spa   

ISO 639 3
gle   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Irish and Spanish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Irish and Spanish dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Spanish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Spanish Dialects are spoken in different Spanish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Spanish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish , Cuban Spanish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Irish and Spanish Speaking population

Irish and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Irish vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Spanish Language Codes

Irish and Spanish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Spanish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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