Irish Speaking Countries

Irish Countries

Irish is one of the important languages. Irish countries are the countries where Irish is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. Irish countries are the countries where Irish is main language. In Irish countries, all the official documents are written in Irish language. In Irish speaking countries, various Irish Dialects are spoken. Each Irish dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different Irish speaking countries. Check out detailed information About Irish Language.

Irish national language and Irish as a Second Language

Irish speaking countries include both countries with Irish national language and Irish as a second language. Check if Irish language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.

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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.

The Irish countries mentioned under Irish Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Irish language.

Irish as minority language

Countries with Irish as minority language are also included in Irish speaking countries.

Along with Irish speaking countries check out Irish speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.

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Irish Regulator and Facts

Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Irish language are Irish regulators. Irish is regulated by Foras na Gaeilge. The regulatory bodies of Irish lie in Irish speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Irish:

• 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.

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