How many people speak Irish and Afrikaans?

Irish vs Afrikaans Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Irish and Afrikaans, you will get to compare Irish vs Afrikaans speaking population. How many people speak Irish and Afrikaans gives you the number of people speaking Irish and Afrikaans in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Irish language is 1.79 million and number of people speaking Afrikaans language is 19.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Irish is 0.03 % and speaking population of Afrikaans is 0.03 %. For more detailed difference check out Irish vs Afrikaans.

Irish native speakers vs Afrikaans native speakers

How many people speak Irish and Afrikaans languages tells about Irish native speakers vs Afrikaans native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 0.14 million people speak Irish as native language while 7.10 million people speak Afrikaans as native language. You can also go to Irish vs Afrikaans Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Irish and Afrikaans language. In some regions, Irish and Afrikaans languages are used as second language. There are 1.65 million speakers who use Irish as second language and 10.30 million speakers who use Afrikaans as second language.

Native Names of Irish and Afrikaans

Native names are used in the Irish and Afrikaans Speaking Countries. Both Irish and Afrikaans languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Irish and Afrikaans you will get to know the native names of Irish and Afrikaans languages. The native name of Irish is Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge and native name of Afrikaans is Afrikaans. The alternative names of Irish and Afrikaans languages are as follows:

• Irish alternative names are: Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
• Afrikaans alternative names are: Cape Dutch

The French name of Irish is irlandais moyen whereas German name of Irish is Mittelirisch. The German name of Afrikaans is Afrikaans whereas French name of Afrikaans is irlandais moyen.