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The Erse leid (Airisch or Airish in Ulster-Scots; Erse: Gaeilge, Gaoluinn, Gaedhlag) is a Celtic leid frae Ireland. It is sib tae Manx Gaelic an Scots Gaelic, an is ane o the twa offeecial leids o the Republic o Ireland an ane o the thrie o Northren Ireland. Frae the 1st o Januar 2007, the Erse leid becam ane o the offeecial leids o the E.U. The Erse spak in Dunnygal is the nearest tae Scots Gaelic, but ither dialects isna sae eith tae lift for Scots Gaelic spickers.
Erse | |
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Gaeilge | |
"Gaelach" in tradeetional Gaelic teep | |
Pronunciation | [ˈɡˠeːlʲɟə] |
Native tae | Ireland |
Ethnicity | Erse fowk |
Native speakers | 73,803 daily speakers in Ireland (2016)[1] 4,166 in Northren Ireland[2] L1 speakers: 141,000 in the EU (2012).[3] L2 speakers: 1,761,420 in the Republic of Ireland (2016),[1] 104,943 in Northern Ireland (2011)[2] |
Early forms | Primitive Erse
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Staundart forms | An Caighdeán Oifigiúil |
Laitin (Erse alphabet) Erse Braille | |
Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | Ireland (Statutory leid o naitional identity (1937, Constitution, Article 8(1)). Nae widely uised as an L2 in aw pairts o the kintra. Encouraged bi the govrenment.) European Union |
Recognised minority leid in | |
Regulatit bi | Foras na Gaeilge |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ga |
ISO 639-2 | gle |
ISO 639-3 | gle |
Glottolog | iris1253 [5] |
Linguasphere | 50-AAA |
Proportion o respondents that said thay coud speak Erse in the Republic o Ireland an Northren Ireland censuses o 2011. | |
The pairts whaur Erse is still spak for common bi fowk is thegither cried the Gaeltacht. It is sindry bits o the kintra, whiles juist a single clachan, skailt athort sieven coonties - Dunnygal an Galway (the twa wi the maist), Mayo, Kerry, Cork, Waterford, an Meath. There's a wee pairt o Belfast whaur mony fowk spicks Erse an aw.
Aboot 1.66 million fowk spik Erse.
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