Countries
European Union, Ireland
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1838
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1332
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
512
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
le do thoil
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Slán
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Connacht
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
100,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Munster
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
150,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Ulster
-
How Many People Speak
140,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
irlandais moyen
arménien
German Name
Mittelirisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Armenians
Origin
c. 750
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
2514
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
hye
ISO 639 2/B
gle
arm
ISO 639 3
gle
hye
ISO 639 6
gle
hye
Glottocode
iris1253
arme1241
Linguasphere
50-AAA
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic