Irish language
Irish (ISO 639-3 code gle) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in United Kingdom and Ireland. It has about 30,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as endangered.
Irish dictionary: 32,806 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Irish dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | gle |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | iris1253 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Speakers (estimate) | 30,000 |
| Endangerment | Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- English1,500,000,000 speakers
- Balkan Romani611,800 speakers
- Welsh562,016 speakers
- Carpathian Romani472,470 speakers
- Sinte Romani318,920 speakers
- Scottish Gaelic25,000 speakers
- Manx2,000 speakers
- Cornish600 speakers
- Middle English (1100-1500)
- Old English
- Scots
- Hindi610,000,000 speakers
More about Irish
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.