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Irish has constitutional status as the national and first official language of the Republic of Ireland, and is also an official language of Northern Ireland and among the official languages of the European Union. The public body Foras na Gaeilge is responsible for the promotion of the language throughout the island.
- Celtic Language Family
Welsh is an official language in Wales and Irish is an...
- Ulster Irish
History. Ulster Irish was the main language spoken in most...
- Irish Alphabet
Irish orthography is the set of conventions used to write...
- Status of The Irish Language
TG4 The national Irish language television station is based...
- Irish Phonology
Irish phonology varies from dialect to dialect; there is no...
- History of the Irish language
In 2007, Irish became an official working language of the...
- Celtic Language Family
Irish, Irish Gaelic or Gaelic is a language spoken in Ireland and (less commonly) in Northern Ireland. Irish is a Gaelic and so it is similar to Scottish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic and less so to Breton, Cornish, and Welsh. Many people who speak Irish can understand some Scots Gaelic but not Welsh because the Celtic languages are divided into two ...
Language family: Indo-European, Celtic, Insular Celtic, Goidelic, Irish. Number of speakers: c. 2 million, including c. 210,000 who speak it regularly. Spoken in: mainly in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and also in the USA, Canada, UK and other countries. First written: 4th century AD.
The Irish Wikipedia (Irish: Vicipéid na Gaeilge), also known as An Vicipéid, is the Irish-language version of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation and established in October 2003, with the first article being written in January 2004.
Irish ( Standard Irish: Gaeilge ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( / ˈɡeɪlɪk / GAY-lik ), is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.
May 19, 2024 · May 11, 2024, 12:57 AM ET (Live Science) Stone with 1600-year-old Irish inscription found in English garden. Irish language, a member of the Goidelic group of Celtic languages, spoken in Ireland. As one of the national languages of the Republic of Ireland, Irish is taught in the public schools and is required for certain civil-service posts.
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