Erse leid

Erse
	Gaeilge
	"Gaelach" in tradeetional Gaelic teep
Pronunciation	[ˈɡˠeːlʲɟə]
Native tae	Ireland
Ethnicity	Erse fowk
Native speakers	73,803 daily speakers in Ireland (2016); 4,166 in Northren Ireland; L1 speakers: 141,000 in the EU (2012).; L2 speakers: 1,761,420 in the Republic of Ireland (2016), 104,943 in Northern Ireland (2011)
Leid faimily	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Goidelic Erse; ; ; ;
Early forms	Primitive Erse Auld Erse Middle Erse Early Modern Erse ; ; ;
Staundart forms	An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Writin seestem	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	Unitit Kinrick (Northren Ireland)
Regulatit bi	Foras na Gaeilge
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	ga
ISO 639-2	gle
ISO 639-3	gle
Glottolog	iris1253
Linguasphere	50-AAA
	Proportion o respondents that said thay coud speak Erse in the Republic o Ireland an Northren Ireland censuses o 2011.
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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.

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.

References

↑ ^a ^b "7. The Irish language" (PDF). Cso.ie. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
↑ ^a ^b "2011 Census, Key Statistics for Northern Ireland" (PDF). Nisra.gov.uk. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 8 Mairch 2013. Retrieved 10 Juin 2017.
↑ "Irish: Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 December 2018. L1 users: 141,000 (European Commission 2012)
↑ "Reservations and Declarations for Treaty No.148 - European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages". Archived frae the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |1= (help)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Irish". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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[cso.ie-1] "7. The Irish language" (PDF). Cso.ie. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[UK-2] "2011 Census, Key Statistics for Northern Ireland" (PDF). Nisra.gov.uk. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 8 Mairch 2013. Retrieved 10 Juin 2017.

[3] "Irish: Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 December 2018. L1 users: 141,000 (European Commission 2012)

[4] "Reservations and Declarations for Treaty No.148 - European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages". Archived frae the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |1= (help)

[Glottolog-5] Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Irish". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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