Irish
Facts
- Language: Irish
- Alternate names: Gaeilge, Irish Gaelic, Erse, Gadhelisch
- Language code: gle
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Celtic, Nuclear Celtic, TGB Celtic, Insular Celtic, Goidelic, Modern Goidelic
- Number of speakers: 20,000-40,000
- Vulnerability: Endangered
- Script: Latin script. Latin script, Gaelic variant. Ogham script, no longer in use.
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Taught as an official language in schools and encouraged by the government.
Irish is spoken in United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe.