Countries
Japan
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Japan
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Slán
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
日本語
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
japonais
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Irish people
  
Origin
1185
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Japanese and Irish Speaking population
Japanese and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Irish on Japanese vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Irish Language Codes
Japanese and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.