Countries
European Union, Ireland
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Norway
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1829
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1320
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
hallo
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
takk
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
god natt
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
god morgen
Please
le do thoil
Vær så snill
Sorry
Tá brón orm
unnskyld
Bye
Slán
ha det
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Connacht
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
100,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Munster
Sogn
How Many People Speak
150,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Ulster
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
140,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
419
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Norsk
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Norsk
French Name
irlandais moyen
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Mittelirisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Irish people
Norwegians
Origin
c. 750
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Germanic
Branch
Goidelic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
2518
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ga
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
nor
ISO 639 2/B
gle
nor
ISO 639 3
gle
nor
ISO 639 6
gle
nor
Glottocode
iris1253
norw1258
Linguasphere
50-AAA
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional