Countries
European Union, Ireland
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1824
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1321
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
Habari
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Asante
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Habari za asubuhi
Please
le do thoil
tafadhali
Sorry
Tá brón orm
pole
Bye
Slán
bye
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Samahani
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Connacht
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
100,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Munster
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
150,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Ulster
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
140,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
412
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
irlandais moyen
swahili
German Name
Mittelirisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
c. 750
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Goidelic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Swahili
Language Position
2521
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ga
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
swa
ISO 639 2/B
gle
swa
ISO 639 3
gle
swa
ISO 639 6
gle
swa
Glottocode
iris1253
swah1254
Linguasphere
50-AAA
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-