Countries
Countries
European Union, Ireland
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Lithuania
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Poland
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Latvian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1832
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1320
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Dia dhuit
Sveiki
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Ačiū
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Labanakt
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Laba diena
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Labas rytas
Please
le do thoil
Prašom
Sorry
Tá brón orm
atsiprašau
Bye
Slán
Ate
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Atsiprašau
Dialects
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Connacht
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
100,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Munster
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
150,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Curonian
Where They Speak
Ulster
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
140,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
410
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
irlandais moyen
lituanien
German Name
Mittelirisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Lithuanians
History
Origin
c. 750
c. 1503
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Goidelic
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Lithuanian
Language Position
2544
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ga
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
lit
ISO 639 2/B
gle
lit
ISO 639 3
gle
lit
ISO 639 6
gle
lit
Glottocode
iris1253
lith1251
Linguasphere
50-AAA
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic