Countries
Countries
European Union, Ireland
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not Available
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Not Available
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1830
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5NA
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeksNA
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Dia dhuit
Henda ho
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
-9999
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Boge Setak’
Please
le do thoil
-9999
Sorry
Tá brón orm
-9999
Bye
Slán
-9999
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
-9999
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
-9999
Dialects
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Mahali
Where They Speak
Connacht
India
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Not present
Where They Speak
Munster
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Not present
Where They Speak
Ulster
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
41
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million6.30 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million6.30 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 millionNA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
irlandais moyen
santal
German Name
Mittelirisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Irish people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
History
Origin
c. 750
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Not Available
Branch
Goidelic
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Santali
Language Position
NANA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ga
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
sat
ISO 639 2/B
gle
sat
ISO 639 3
gle
sat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
iris1253
sant1410
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available