Countries
European Union, Ireland
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
France, Spain
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1827
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
Kaixo
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Gabon
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Egun on
Please
le do thoil
Mesedez
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Barkatu
Bye
Slán
Agur
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Connacht
France
How Many People Speak
100,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Souletin
Where They Speak
Munster
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
150,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Ulster
Spain
How Many People Speak
140,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million7.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Euskara
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
irlandais moyen
basque
German Name
Mittelirisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Basque people
Origin
c. 750
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Basque
Language Position
2530
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ga
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
eus
ISO 639 2/B
gle
baq
ISO 639 3
gle
eus
ISO 639 6
gle
eus
Glottocode
iris1253
basq1248
Linguasphere
50-AAA
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative