1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Ireland
European Union, Malta
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
United Kingdom
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Western Arabic Dialects
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Roman Languages
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
Grazzi
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Il-Lejla it-tajba
3.5 Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Il-Lejla it-tajba
3.6 Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
3.7 Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
L-għodwa t-tajba
3.8 Please
le do thoil
Jekk jogħġbok
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Inħobbok ħafna
3.12 Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Skużi!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
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 million0.52 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.14 million0.52 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Malti
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Malti
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic 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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Maltese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
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
Not Available
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology