Countries
European Union, Ireland
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ireland
Nigeria
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1836
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1328
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
kedụ
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
dalụ
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
ka chi fo
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
le do thoil
Biko
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Ndo
Bye
Slán
Kachifo
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Enuani
Where They Speak
Connacht
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
100,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Munster
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
150,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Not present
Where They Speak
Ulster
-
How Many People Speak
140,000.0024.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
420
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.09 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million24.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
igbo
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Ibo
French Name
irlandais moyen
igbo
German Name
Mittelirisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Igbo people
Origin
c. 750
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Kwa
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard Igbo
Language Position
2557
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
gle
ibo
ISO 639 3
gle
ibo
ISO 639 6
gle
ibo
Glottocode
iris1253
nucl1417
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative