Countries
European Union, Ireland
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1846
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1338
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
Ahoj
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Dobré ráno
Please
le do thoil
Prosím
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Pardón!
Bye
Slán
Dovidenia
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Connacht
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
100,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Munster
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
150,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Ulster
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
140,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
irlandais moyen
slovaque
German Name
Mittelirisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Slovaks
Origin
c. 750
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Slavic
Branch
Goidelic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Slovak
Language Position
2527
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
slk
ISO 639 2/B
gle
slo
ISO 639 3
gle
slk
ISO 639 6
gle
slk
Glottocode
iris1253
slov1269
Linguasphere
50-AAA
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic