Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Ireland
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Habari
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
le do thoil
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
pole
  
Bye
Slán
  
bye
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
swahili
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
c. 750
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Swahili
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
iris1253
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish and Swahili Speaking population
Irish and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Irish vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Swahili Language Codes
Irish and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.