Countries
European Union, Ireland
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Wales
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Welsh Language Commissioner
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
English Language
Derived From
-
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1829
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
Helô
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Diolch
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Nos da
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
P'nawn da
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Bore da
Please
le do thoil
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
Slán
Hwyl
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Connacht
Argentina
How Many People Speak
100,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Munster
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
150,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Ulster
Powys
How Many People Speak
140,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Cymraeg
French Name
irlandais moyen
gallois
German Name
Mittelirisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Welsh people
Origin
c. 750
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Celtic
Branch
Goidelic
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Welsh
Language Position
2531
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
cym
ISO 639 2/B
gle
wel
ISO 639 3
gle
cym
ISO 639 6
gle
cym
Glottocode
iris1253
wels1247
Linguasphere
50-AAA
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional