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Countries

Countries

European Union, Ireland
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

233
0 46
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National Language

Ireland
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Ireland
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

United Kingdom
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

1826
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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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

57
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Dia dhuit
Hello

Thank You

Go raibh maith agat
Thank you

How Are You?

Conas atá tú ?
How are you?

Good Night

Oíche mhaith
Good Night

Good Evening

Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Dia dhuit ar maidin
Good Morning

Please

le do thoil
Please

Sorry

Tá brón orm
Sorry

Bye

Slán
Bye

I Love You

Is breá liom thú
I love you

Excuse Me

Gabh mo leithscéal
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Connacht Irish
American English

Where They Speak

Connacht
United States of America

How Many People Speak

100,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Munster Irish
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Munster
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

150,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulster Irish
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Ulster
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

140,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

4188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.79 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.14 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.65 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
English

Alternative Names

Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
English

French Name

irlandais moyen
anglais

German Name

Mittelirisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Irish people
English people

History

Origin

c. 750
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Celtic
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Branch

Goidelic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard English

Language Position

253
1 120
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Signed Forms

Irish Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ga
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

gle
eng

ISO 639 2/B

gle
eng

ISO 639 3

gle
eng

ISO 639 6

gle
engs

Glottocode

iris1253
stan1293

Linguasphere

50-AAA
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Irish and English Alphabets

Irish and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Irish and English. In Irish Alphabets there are 18 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Irish and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Irish and English languages. The Irish phonology consist Irish vowels and Irish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Irish greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Irish and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Irish and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Irish and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Irish and English Speaking population

Irish and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and English languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Irish vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and English Language Codes

Irish and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.