Countries
European Union, Ireland
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Bhutan
Second Language
Ireland
India
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
United Kingdom
India
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1895
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1330
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks38 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
le do thoil
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Tsip maza
Bye
Slán
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Laya
Where They Speak
Connacht
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
100,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Lunana
Where They Speak
Munster
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
150,000.00700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Adap
Where They Speak
Ulster
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
140,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million0.47 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
irlandais moyen
dzongkha
German Name
Mittelirisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Ngalop people
Origin
c. 750
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Dzongkha
Language Position
2531
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
gle
dzo
ISO 639 3
gle
dzo
ISO 639 6
gle
dzo
Glottocode
iris1253
nucl1307
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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