Countries
European Union, Ireland
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Total No. Of Countries
27
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Germany
Second Language
Ireland
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Council for German Orthography
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 large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
-
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1826
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
139
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
hallo
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Danke
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
guten Tag
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
guten Morgen
Please
le do thoil
bitte
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Verzeihung
Bye
Slán
Tschüs
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Connacht
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
100,000.004,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Munster
Germany
How Many People Speak
150,000.00820,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Texas German
Where They Speak
Ulster
Texas
How Many People Speak
140,000.006,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
428
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million229.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %1.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million101.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million128.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
irlandais moyen
allemand
German Name
Mittelirisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Germans
Origin
c. 750
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Germanic
Branch
Goidelic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
259
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
de
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
deu
ISO 639 2/B
gle
ger
ISO 639 3
gle
deu
ISO 639 6
gle
deus
Glottocode
iris1253
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
50-AAA
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic