Countries
European Union, Ireland
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Ethiopia
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
1833
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1331
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
Selam
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
i'ndemin adäru
Please
le do thoil
i'bakwon
Sorry
Tá brón orm
aznallehu
Bye
Slán
tschao
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Gondar
Where They Speak
Connacht
Gondar
How Many People Speak
100,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Munster
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
150,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Showa
Where They Speak
Ulster
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
140,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.79 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
irlandais moyen
amharique
German Name
Mittelirisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Amharas
Origin
c. 750
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Semitic
Branch
Goidelic
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Amharic
Language Position
2555
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
amh
ISO 639 2/B
gle
amh
ISO 639 3
gle
amh
ISO 639 6
gle
amh
Glottocode
iris1253
amha1245
Linguasphere
50-AAA
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional