Cantonese and Irish
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
European Union, Ireland
National Language
China, Guangdong
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
你好吗？
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
晚安
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
晚上好
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
下午好
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
早上好
Dia dhuit ar maidin
I Love You
我爱你
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
原谅我
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Connacht
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Munster
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Ulster
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
Not Available
irlandais moyen
German Name
Not Available
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Irish people
Origin
17th century
c. 750
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Celtic
Branch
Not Available
Goidelic
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Signed Forms
Not Available
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ga
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
gle
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
gle
ISO 639 3
No data available
gle
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
cant1236
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Cantonese and Irish Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Irish dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Irish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Irish Dialects are spoken in different Irish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Irish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish , Munster Irish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Irish Speaking population
Cantonese and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Irish on Cantonese vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Irish Language Codes
Cantonese and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.