Countries
European Union, Ireland
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Sweden
Second Language
Ireland
Finland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
-
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1829
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1318
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
hej
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
tacka dig
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
hur mår du
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
godnatt
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
god kväll
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
god morgon
Please
le do thoil
vänligen
Sorry
Tá brón orm
ledsen
Bye
Slán
hej då
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Dialects
Where They Speak
Connacht
Gabon
How Many People Speak
100,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Dialects
Where They Speak
Munster
Georgia
How Many People Speak
150,000.0078,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Dialects
Where They Speak
Ulster
France
How Many People Speak
140,000.0096,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
479
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million15.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Svenska
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
irlandais moyen
suédois
German Name
Mittelirisch
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
c. 750
13th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Germanic
Branch
Goidelic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard Swedish
Language Position
2589
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
sv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
swe
ISO 639 2/B
gle
swe
ISO 639 3
gle
swe
ISO 639 6
gle
swe
Glottocode
iris1253
swed1254
Linguasphere
50-AAA
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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