Countries
European Union, Ireland
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Nepal
Second Language
Ireland
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
United Kingdom
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Hindi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1848
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1336
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
le do thoil
कृपया
Sorry
Tá brón orm
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Slán
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Doteli
Where They Speak
Connacht
Nepal
How Many People Speak
100,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Munster
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
150,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Ulster
Nepal
How Many People Speak
140,000.0017,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
412
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
irlandais moyen
népalais
German Name
Mittelirisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
c. 750
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Goidelic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Nepali
Language Position
2559
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ga
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
nep
ISO 639 2/B
gle
nep
ISO 639 3
gle
npi
ISO 639 6
gle
nep
Glottocode
iris1253
nepa1254
Linguasphere
50-AAA
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative