Countries
European Union, Ireland
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1825
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
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
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
Halo
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Hvala
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Dober dan
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Dobro jutro
Please
le do thoil
Prosim
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Oprostite
Bye
Slán
Nasvidenje
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Connacht
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
100,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Resian
Where They Speak
Munster
Italy
How Many People Speak
150,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Styrian
Where They Speak
Ulster
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
140,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
448
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
irlandais moyen
slovène
German Name
Mittelirisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Slovenes
Origin
c. 750
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Slovene
Language Position
2528
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
slv
ISO 639 2/B
gle
slv
ISO 639 3
gle
slv
ISO 639 6
gle
slv
Glottocode
iris1253
slov1268
Linguasphere
50-AAA
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional