Countries
Countries
European Union, Ireland
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Abkhazia
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
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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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1862
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1360
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Dia dhuit
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
le do thoil
амритана
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Амарахь
Bye
Slán
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
-
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Connacht
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
100,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Munster
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
150,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Sadz
Where They Speak
Ulster
Turkey
How Many People Speak
140,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
irlandais moyen
abkhaze
German Name
Mittelirisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Abkhaz people
History
Origin
c. 750
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Abkhaz
Language Position
2528
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ga
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
abk
ISO 639 2/B
gle
abk
ISO 639 3
gle
abk
ISO 639 6
gle
abks
Glottocode
iris1253
abkh1244
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative