Countries
European Union, Ireland
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1831
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1326
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
le do thoil
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
жал (žal)
Bye
Slán
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Connacht
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
100,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Debar
Where They Speak
Munster
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
150,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Ulster
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
140,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
428
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
irlandais moyen
macédonien
German Name
Mittelirisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Macedonians
Origin
c. 750
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Slavic
Branch
Goidelic
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Macedonian
Language Position
2545
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
gle
mac
ISO 639 3
gle
mkd
ISO 639 6
gle
mkd
Glottocode
iris1253
mace1250
Linguasphere
50-AAA
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic