Countries
European Union, Ireland
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ireland
South Africa
Second Language
Ireland
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1832
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1317
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
hallo
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Dankie
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
goeie nag
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
goeie more
Please
le do thoil
asseblief
Sorry
Tá brón orm
jammer
Bye
Slán
Totsiens
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Connacht
-
How Many People Speak
100,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Munster
-
How Many People Speak
150,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Ulster
Namibia
How Many People Speak
140,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Cape Dutch
French Name
irlandais moyen
afrikaans
German Name
Mittelirisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 750
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Germanic
Branch
Goidelic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
2523
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
afr
ISO 639 2/B
gle
afr
ISO 639 3
gle
afr
ISO 639 6
gle
afrs
Glottocode
iris1253
afri1274
Linguasphere
50-AAA
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic