Countries
European Union, Ireland
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Malta
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
National Council for the Maltese 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1830
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1324
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
Ħello
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Grazzi
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Kif int?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
le do thoil
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Skużani!
Bye
Slán
Ċaw
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Qormi
Where They Speak
Connacht
Malta
How Many People Speak
100,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Munster
Malta
How Many People Speak
150,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Not Present
Where They Speak
Ulster
-
How Many People Speak
140,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million0.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Malti
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Malti
French Name
irlandais moyen
maltais
German Name
Mittelirisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Maltese
Origin
c. 750
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Semitic
Branch
Goidelic
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Maltese
Language Position
2525
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
gle
mlt
ISO 639 3
gle
mlt
ISO 639 6
gle
mlt
Glottocode
iris1253
malt1254
Linguasphere
50-AAA
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic