Countries
European Union, Ireland
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
1831
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1318
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks32 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
Moni
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Zikomo
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
M'mawa wabwino
Please
le do thoil
Chonde
Sorry
Tá brón orm
pepani
Bye
Slán
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Pepani
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Connacht
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
100,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Munster
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
150,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Ulster
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
140,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
irlandais moyen
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Mittelirisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Chewa people
Origin
c. 750
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Goidelic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Chewa
Language Position
2527
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
nya
ISO 639 2/B
gle
nya
ISO 639 3
gle
nya
ISO 639 6
gle
nya
Glottocode
iris1253
nyan1308
Linguasphere
50-AAA
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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