Irish and Cantonese
Countries
European Union, Ireland
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Ireland
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Hawaii
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
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Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
谢谢
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
你好吗？
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
晚安
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
下午好
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
早上好
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
我爱你
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
原谅我
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Connacht
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Munster
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Ulster
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
irlandais moyen
Not Available
German Name
Mittelirisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Irish people
Not Available
Origin
c. 750
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Not Available
Branch
Goidelic
Not Available
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
ga
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
gle
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
gle
Not Available
ISO 639 3
gle
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
iris1253
cant1236
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Irish and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Irish and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Irish and Cantonese Speaking population
Irish and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Irish and Cantonese on Irish vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Irish and Cantonese Language Codes
Irish and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.