Countries
European Union, Ireland
East Asia, European Union, South America
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
Ireland
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Akademio de Esperanto
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.
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Latin and Italian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1832
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1327
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks6 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
Halo
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Dankon
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Bonan matenon
Please
le do thoil
Mi petas
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Mi bedaŭras!
Bye
Slán
Ĝis poste
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Pardonu!
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Not present
Where They Speak
Connacht
Not present
How Many People Speak
100,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Not present
Where They Speak
Munster
Not present
How Many People Speak
150,000.001,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Not present
Where They Speak
Ulster
Not present
How Many People Speak
140,000.002,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
40
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million2.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million0.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Esperanto
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
irlandais moyen
espéranto
German Name
Mittelirisch
Esperanto
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Esperanto speakers
Origin
c. 750
1887
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Proto-Esperanto
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Esperanto
Language Position
2533
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signuno
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
eo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
epo
ISO 639 2/B
gle
epo
ISO 639 3
gle
epo
ISO 639 6
gle
epo
Glottocode
iris1253
espe1235
Linguasphere
50-AAA
51-AAB-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative