Countries
European Union, Ireland
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Ireland
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1836
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1329
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
mirëdita
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
mirëmengjes
Please
le do thoil
Ju lutem
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Me fal
Bye
Slán
mirupafshim
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Më falni
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Connacht
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
100,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Munster
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
150,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Ulster
Italy
How Many People Speak
140,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Shqip
French Name
irlandais moyen
albanais
German Name
Mittelirisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Albanians
Origin
c. 750
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard Albanian
Language Position
2514
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
gle
alb
ISO 639 3
gle
sqi
ISO 639 6
gle
sqi
Glottocode
iris1253
alba1267
Linguasphere
50-AAA
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic