Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Sweden
Ireland
Second Language
Finland
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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.
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2918
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1813
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hej
Dia dhuit
Thank You
tacka dig
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
hur mår du
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
godnatt
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
god kväll
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
god morgon
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
vänligen
le do thoil
Sorry
ledsen
Tá brón orm
Bye
hej då
Slán
I Love You
jag älskar dig
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Dialects
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Gabon
Connacht
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Dialects
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Georgia
Munster
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Dialects
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
France
Ulster
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
794
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.70 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Svenska
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
suédois
irlandais moyen
German Name
Schwedisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Irish people
Origin
13th Century
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Celtic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
8925
1
120
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Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sv
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swe
gle
ISO 639 2/B
swe
gle
ISO 639 3
swe
gle
ISO 639 6
swe
gle
Glottocode
swed1254
iris1253
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional