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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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