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Countries

Countries

European Union, Ireland
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

246
0 46
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National Language

Ireland
Spain

Second Language

Ireland
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

United Kingdom
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Foras na Gaeilge
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

1827
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1322
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

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 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Dia dhuit
hola

Thank You

Go raibh maith agat
Gracias

How Are You?

Conas atá tú ?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Oíche mhaith
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Tráthnóna maith duit
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

Tráthnóna maith duit
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

Dia dhuit ar maidin
Buenos Días

Please

le do thoil
Por Favor

Sorry

Tá brón orm
triste

Bye

Slán
adiós

I Love You

Is breá liom thú
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Gabh mo leithscéal
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Connacht Irish
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Connacht
Mexico

How Many People Speak

100,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Munster Irish
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Munster
Cuba

How Many People Speak

150,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulster Irish
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Ulster
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

140,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

421
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.79 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.14 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.65 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Español

Alternative Names

Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

irlandais moyen
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Mittelirisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Irish people
Spanish people

History

Origin

c. 750
210 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Celtic
Romance

Branch

Goidelic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

252
1 120
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Signed Forms

Irish Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ga
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

gle
spa

ISO 639 2/B

gle
spa

ISO 639 3

gle
spa

ISO 639 6

gle
spa

Glottocode

iris1253
stan1288

Linguasphere

50-AAA
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Irish and Spanish Alphabets

Irish and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Irish and Spanish. In Irish Alphabets there are 18 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Irish and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Irish and Spanish languages. The Irish phonology consist Irish vowels and Irish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Irish greetings vs Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Irish and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

All Irish and Spanish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Irish and Spanish dialects. Various dialects of Irish and Spanish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Irish are spoken in different Irish Speaking Countries whereas Spanish Dialects are spoken in different Spanish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Irish vs Spanish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish, Munster Irish. Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish , Cuban Spanish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Irish and Spanish Speaking population

Irish and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Irish and Spanish on Irish vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Spanish Language Codes

Irish and Spanish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Irish and Spanish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.