Countries
European Union, Ireland
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
1835
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
513
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1320
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
le do thoil
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
Slán
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Connacht
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
100,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Munster
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
150,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Ulster
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
140,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.79 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.14 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
irlandais moyen
mongol
German Name
Mittelirisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Irish people
Mongols
Origin
c. 750
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Celtic
Mongolian
Branch
Goidelic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
2526
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ga
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
mon
ISO 639 2/B
gle
mon
ISO 639 3
gle
mon
ISO 639 6
gle
mon
Glottocode
iris1253
mong1331
Linguasphere
50-AAA
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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