Countries
European Union, Ireland
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Ireland
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
United Kingdom
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
1826
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
Hallo
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
dankjewel
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
goedemorgen
Please
le do thoil
alsjeblieft
Sorry
Tá brón orm
sorry
Bye
Slán
vaarwel
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
pardon
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Gronings
Where They Speak
Connacht
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
100,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Munster
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
150,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Ulster
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
140,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
47
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million22.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
irlandais moyen
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Mittelirisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Dutch people
Origin
c. 750
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Germanic
Branch
Goidelic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard Dutch
Language Position
2548
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
nl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
nld
ISO 639 2/B
gle
dut
ISO 639 3
gle
nld
ISO 639 6
gle
nld
Glottocode
iris1253
mode1257
Linguasphere
50-AAA
52-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic