Countries
European Union, Ireland
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Ireland
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1832
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1323
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
سلام
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
متشکرم
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
صبح به خیر
Please
le do thoil
لطفا
Sorry
Tá brón orm
متاسف
Bye
Slán
خدا حافظ
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Connacht
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
100,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Munster
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
150,000.0012,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Ulster
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
140,000.007,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
412
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million65.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million65.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million110.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
فارسی
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
irlandais moyen
persan
German Name
Mittelirisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Persian people
Origin
c. 750
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Goidelic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Persian
Language Position
2523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
fa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
fas
ISO 639 2/B
gle
per
ISO 639 3
gle
pes
ISO 639 6
gle
pers
Glottocode
iris1253
fars1254
Linguasphere
50-AAA
58-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic