Language · Indo-European
Irish
Gaeilge – its own name
Official or co-official in 1 country. Listed in 2 countries.
Endangerment: shifting according to Glottolog (AES, CC BY 4.0)
- Speakers (estimate)
- c. 1.3 million
- sum over countries per CLDR, including second-language users
- Script
- Latin
Place in the family tree
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Celtic
- Nuclear Celtic
- Core Celtic
- Insular Celtic
- Goidelic
- Modern Goidelic
- Irish
Nodes of the Glottolog tree (Glottolog, CC BY 4.0).
Where it is spoken
- Co-official 1
- Official in a region 1
Co-official
- Ireland 22% 1.2 million
Official in a region
-
United Kingdom
0.2%
103 thousand
Recognised in Northern Ireland by the Identity and Language Act 2022.