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Countries

Countries

European Union, Ireland
Japan

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ireland
Japan

Second Language

Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Pacific

Minority Language

United Kingdom
Palau

Regulated By

Foras na Gaeilge
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.

Similar To

Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Korean Language

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

1899
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1314
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Kana

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Dia dhuit
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

Thank You

Go raibh maith agat
ありがとう (Arigatō)

How Are You?

Conas atá tú ?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)

Good Night

Oíche mhaith
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)

Good Evening

Tráthnóna maith duit
こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good Afternoon

Tráthnóna maith duit
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)

Good Morning

Dia dhuit ar maidin
おはよう (Ohayō)

Please

le do thoil
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

Sorry

Tá brón orm
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)

Bye

Slán
さようなら (Sayōnara)

I Love You

Is breá liom thú
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)

Excuse Me

Gabh mo leithscéal
すみません (Sumimasen)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Connacht Irish
Sanuki

Where They Speak

Connacht
Kagawa

How Many People Speak

100,000.001,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Munster Irish
Hakata

Where They Speak

Munster
Fukuoka

How Many People Speak

150,000.00127,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulster Irish
Kansai

Where They Speak

Ulster
kansai

How Many People Speak

140,000.00127,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

431
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.79 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.14 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.65 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
日本語

Alternative Names

Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Nihongo

French Name

irlandais moyen
japonais

German Name

Mittelirisch
Japanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]

Ethnicity

Irish people
Japanese (Yamato)

History

Origin

c. 750
1185

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Japonic Family

Subgroup

Celtic
-

Branch

Goidelic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese

Standard Forms

An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Japanese

Language Position

258
1 120
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Signed Forms

Irish Sign Language
Signed Japanese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ga
ja

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

gle
jpn

ISO 639 2/B

gle
jpn

ISO 639 3

gle
jpn

ISO 639 6

gle
jpn

Glottocode

iris1253
nucl1643

Linguasphere

50-AAA
45-CAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic

Irish and Japanese Alphabets

Irish and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Irish and Japanese. In Irish Alphabets there are 18 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Irish and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Irish and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Irish and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Irish and Japanese Speaking population

Irish and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Irish vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Japanese Language Codes

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