1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Ireland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Ireland
1.4 Second Language
Ireland
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks
Rank: 10 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Dia dhuit
3.2 Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
3.3 How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
3.4 Good Night
Oíche mhaith
3.5 Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.6 Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.7 Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
3.8 Please
le do thoil
3.9 Sorry
Tá brón orm
3.10 Bye
Slán
3.11 I Love You
Is breá liom thú
3.12 Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Connacht
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Munster Irish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Munster
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Ulster
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
Rank: 81 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
0.14 million
Rank: 88 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
Rank: 35 (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
5.3.4 French Name
irlandais moyen
5.3.5 German Name
Mittelirisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
5.5 Ethnicity
Irish people
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 750
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Celtic
6.2.2 Branch
Goidelic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
6.3.3 Language Position
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1
120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ga
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
gle
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
gle
7.3 ISO 639 3
gle
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
iris1253
7.6 Linguasphere
50-AAA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional