Countries
European Union, Ireland
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ireland
Japan
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Palau
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1899
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1314
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
le do thoil
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Slán
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Connacht
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
100,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Hakata
Where They Speak
Munster
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
150,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Kansai
Where They Speak
Ulster
kansai
How Many People Speak
140,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
431
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
日本語
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Nihongo
French Name
irlandais moyen
japonais
German Name
Mittelirisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
c. 750
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Japanese
Language Position
258
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
gle
jpn
ISO 639 3
gle
jpn
ISO 639 6
gle
jpn
Glottocode
iris1253
nucl1643
Linguasphere
50-AAA
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic