Countries
European Union, Ireland
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Ireland
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1824
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1317
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
le do thoil
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Slán
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Connacht
Greece
How Many People Speak
100,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Griko
Where They Speak
Munster
Italy
How Many People Speak
150,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Ulster
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
140,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
425
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
irlandais moyen
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Mittelirisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
c. 750
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Hellenic
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Modern Greek
Language Position
2574
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
ell
ISO 639 2/B
gle
gre
ISO 639 3
gle
ell
ISO 639 6
gle
ells
Glottocode
iris1253
gree1276
Linguasphere
50-AAA
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic