Countries
European Union, Ireland
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Russia
Second Language
Ireland
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
-
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1833
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
le do thoil
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Slán
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Connacht
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
100,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Olonets
Where They Speak
Munster
Olonets
How Many People Speak
150,000.00154,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Ulster
Novgorod
How Many People Speak
140,000.00154,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
413
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million276.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %2.33 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million166.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million110.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Русский
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Russki
French Name
irlandais moyen
russe
German Name
Mittelirisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Russians
Origin
c. 750
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Slavic
Branch
Goidelic
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard Russian
Language Position
257
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
ru
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
rus
ISO 639 2/B
gle
rus
ISO 639 3
gle
rus
ISO 639 6
gle
rus
Glottocode
iris1253
russ1263
Linguasphere
50-AAA
53-AAA-ea
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic