Countries
European Union, Ireland
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ireland
Haiti
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Central America, North America
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Cuba
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
1829
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1320
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
Bonjou
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Mèsi
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Bon apre-midi
Please
le do thoil
Souple
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Dezole
Bye
Slán
Babay
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Connacht
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
100,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Munster
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
150,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Ulster
Cayes
How Many People Speak
140,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
irlandais moyen
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Mittelirisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Haitians
Origin
c. 750
17th Century
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
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Haitian Creole
Language Position
2599
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
hat
ISO 639 2/B
gle
hat
ISO 639 3
gle
hat
ISO 639 6
gle
hat
Glottocode
iris1253
hait1244
Linguasphere
50-AAA
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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