Countries
European Union, Ireland
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ireland
Ghana
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Akan Orthography 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.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1821
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1316
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
ete-sen
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
meda ase
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
maadwo
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
maaha
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
maakye
Please
le do thoil
wae
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Kafra
Bye
Slán
bye
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Asante
Where They Speak
Connacht
Ghana
How Many People Speak
100,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Munster
Ghana
How Many People Speak
150,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Fante
Where They Speak
Ulster
Ghana
How Many People Speak
140,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Akan
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Twi, Fante
French Name
irlandais moyen
akan
German Name
Mittelirisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Akan people
Origin
c. 750
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Akan
Language Position
25104
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ga
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
aka
ISO 639 2/B
gle
aka
ISO 639 3
gle
aka
ISO 639 6
gle
aka
Glottocode
iris1253
akan1251
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-