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
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
United Kingdom
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
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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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
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Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San 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
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Tá brón orm
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
Slán
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
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 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.14 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
1.65 million11.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Mittelirisch
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Irish people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
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-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology