Countries
European Union, Ireland
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Nigeria
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Yoruba Academy
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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1829
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1317
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
e dupe
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
e kaasan
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
e kaaro
Please
le do thoil
Jowo
Sorry
Tá brón orm
binu
Bye
Slán
bye
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Connacht
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
100,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Ede
Where They Speak
Munster
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
150,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Ulster
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
140,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
420
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
irlandais moyen
yoruba
German Name
Mittelirisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Yoruba people
Origin
c. 750
4 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Western Sudanic
Branch
Goidelic
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Yorùbá
Language Position
2549
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
yor
ISO 639 2/B
gle
yor
ISO 639 3
gle
yor
ISO 639 6
gle
yor
Glottocode
iris1253
yoru1245
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating