Irish language

Irish
Irish Gaelic Gaelic
Standard Irish:Gaeilge Gaeilge na hÉireann
"Gaelach" in traditional Gaelic type
Pronunciation	[ˈɡˠeːlʲɟə]
Native to	Ireland
Region	Ireland, mainly Gaeltacht regions
Ethnicity	Historically white Irish, now Irish people of all ethnicities
Native speakers	73,804 in Ireland (2016)[1] 4,166 in Northern Ireland[2] L2 speakers: 1,761,420 in the Ireland (2016),[1] 104,943 in Northern Ireland (2011)[2]
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Gaelic Irish
Early forms	Primitive Irish Old Irish Middle Irish Early Modern Irish
Standard forms	An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Writing system	Latin (Irish alphabet) Irish Braille
Official status
Official language in	Ireland (Statutory language of national identity (1937, Constitution, Article 8(1)). Not widely used as an L2 in all parts of the country. Encouraged by the government.)  EU
Recognised minority language in	UK (Northern Ireland)[3]
Regulated by	Foras na Gaeilge
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ga
ISO 639-2	gle
ISO 639-3	gle
Glottolog	iris1253
ELP	Irish
Linguasphere	50-AAA
Proportion of respondents who said they could speak Irish in the Ireland and Northern Ireland censuses of 2011.
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Irish, or Irish Gaelic, is a language spoken in the Republic of Ireland and, less commonly, in Northern Ireland.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "7. The Irish language" (PDF). Cso.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "2011 Census, Key Statistics for Northern Ireland" (PDF). Nisra.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
3. ↑ "Full list".