Countries
European Union, Ireland
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Ireland
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1826
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
524
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1323
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
le do thoil
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Slán
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Connacht
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
100,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Wu
Where They Speak
Munster
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
150,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Yue
Where They Speak
Ulster
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
140,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
410
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
irlandais moyen
chinois
German Name
Mittelirisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Han
Origin
c. 750
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard Chinese
Language Position
251
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
zho
ISO 639 2/B
gle
chi
ISO 639 3
gle
zho
ISO 639 6
gle
zho
Glottocode
iris1253
sini1245
Linguasphere
50-AAA
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating