Countries
European Union, Ireland
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1840
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
521
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1319
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
le do thoil
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Slán
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Jeju
Where They Speak
Connacht
South Korea
How Many People Speak
100,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Munster
South Korea
How Many People Speak
150,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Ulster
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
140,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
412
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
irlandais moyen
coréen
German Name
Mittelirisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Koreans
Origin
c. 750
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2512
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
kor
ISO 639 2/B
gle
kor
ISO 639 3
gle
Kor
ISO 639 6
gle
kor
Glottocode
iris1253
kore1280
Linguasphere
50-AAA
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative