1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Ireland
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Ireland
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Pan South African Language Board
1.8 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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Oíche mhaith
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Connacht
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Munster Irish
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Munster
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.79 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.14 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
1.65 million16.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Mittelirisch
Zulu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Deep Zulu
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology