ISO 639-3 · glegle
Indo-European family
Irish
An Ghaeilge
Irish is a language of the Goidelic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Ireland and United Kingdom. Wikidata counts 141,000 first-language speakers (2019) and 1 m who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “language native to Ireland”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
gle- ISO 639-1
ga- Glottocode
iris1253- Family
- Indo-European
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 53.50, -7.50
- Wikipedia
- 193 language editions
141,000first-language speakers
1 msecond-language speakers
2countries
3scripts
4levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Irish · An Ghaeilge |
|---|---|
| Also called | Irish language, Gaeilge, Gaelic, Irish Gaelic |
| L1 speakers | 141,000 (2019) |
| L2 speakers | 1,030,000 (2012) |
| Written in | Latin script, Gaelic type, Irish Braille |
| Official in | Ireland |
| Grammatical cases | 4 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Irish
The branches above Irish, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
