Countries
European Union, Ireland
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
South Africa
Second Language
Ireland
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
1857
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1350
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
Sawubona
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
unjani
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
okuhle ekuseni
Please
le do thoil
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Slán
bye
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Connacht
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
100,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Munster
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
150,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Ulster
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
140,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
irlandais moyen
zoulou
German Name
Mittelirisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Zulu people
Origin
c. 750
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Goidelic
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Deep Zulu
Language Position
2587
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
zul
ISO 639 2/B
gle
zul
ISO 639 3
gle
zul
ISO 639 6
gle
zul
Glottocode
iris1253
zulu1248
Linguasphere
50-AAA
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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