Countries
European Union, Ireland
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
India, Nepal
Second Language
Ireland
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
1847
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1322
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
pranam
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Suprabhaat
Please
le do thoil
kripaya
Sorry
Tá brón orm
maf karai
Bye
Slán
Alavidā
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
kripaya
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Connacht
Nepal
How Many People Speak
100,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Munster
North India
How Many People Speak
150,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Khortha
Where They Speak
Ulster
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
140,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
415
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
irlandais moyen
maithili
German Name
Mittelirisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Maithil
Origin
c. 750
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
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Branch
Goidelic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard Maithili
Language Position
2540
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
mai
ISO 639 2/B
gle
mai
ISO 639 3
gle
mai
ISO 639 6
gle
mai
Glottocode
iris1253
mait1250
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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