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
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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
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
1830
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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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
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Boge Setak’
Please
le do thoil
দয়া করে
Sorry
Tá brón orm
দুঃখিত
Bye
Slán
Hariau
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Mahali
Where They Speak
Connacht
India
How Many People Speak
100,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Not present
Where They Speak
Munster
-
How Many People Speak
150,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Not present
Where They Speak
Ulster
-
How Many People Speak
140,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
41
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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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]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
c. 750
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
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Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Santali
Language Position
2541
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
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
gle
sat
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
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