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Countries

European Union, Ireland
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

Ireland
France

Second Language

Ireland
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

United Kingdom
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Foras na Gaeilge
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

1826
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1320
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
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Dia dhuit
bonjour

Thank You

Go raibh maith agat
Merci

How Are You?

Conas atá tú ?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Oíche mhaith
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Tráthnóna maith duit
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Tráthnóna maith duit
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Dia dhuit ar maidin
Bonjour

Please

le do thoil
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Tá brón orm
désolé

Bye

Slán
au revoir

I Love You

Is breá liom thú
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Gabh mo leithscéal
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Connacht Irish
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Connacht
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

100,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Munster Irish
African French

Where They Speak

Munster
Africa

How Many People Speak

150,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulster Irish
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Ulster
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

140,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

425
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.79 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.14 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.65 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
français

Alternative Names

Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Français

French Name

irlandais moyen
français

German Name

Mittelirisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Irish people
French people

History

Origin

c. 750
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Celtic
Romance

Branch

Goidelic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard French

Language Position

2513
1 120
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Signed Forms

Irish Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ga
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

gle
fra

ISO 639 2/B

gle
fre

ISO 639 3

gle
fra

ISO 639 6

gle
fras

Glottocode

iris1253
stan1290

Linguasphere

50-AAA
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Irish and French Alphabets

Irish and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Irish and French. In Irish Alphabets there are 18 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Irish and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Irish and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Irish and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Irish and French Speaking population

Irish and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and French languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Irish vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and French Language Codes

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