Irish language

E15643
Celtic language Goidelic language Indo-European language

The Irish language is a Goidelic Celtic language native to Ireland, known for its rich literary tradition and status as a national and first official language of the Republic of Ireland.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Irish 3
Irish Gaelic 3
Classical Gaelic 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic language ⓘ
Goidelic language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ
ancestorOf Manx ⓘ
surface form: Manx language

Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Manx ⓘ
surface form: Manx language

Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
hasDialects Connacht Irish ⓘ
Munster Irish ⓘ
Ulster Irish ⓘ
hasEndonym Irish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gaeilge
hasGrammaticalFeature VSO basic word order ⓘ
inflected prepositions ⓘ
synthetic verb forms ⓘ
two grammatical genders ⓘ
hasHistoricalStage Early Modern Irish ⓘ
Middle Irish ⓘ
hasLiteraryTradition bardic poetry ⓘ
medieval Irish literature ⓘ
modern Irish-language literature ⓘ
hasOfficialBody An Coiste Téarmaíochta ⓘ
Foras na Gaeilge ⓘ
hasOldForm Old Irish ⓘ
Primitive Irish ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature initial consonant mutation ⓘ
hasRegion Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Gaeltacht regions
hasStandardForm An Caighdeán Oifigiúil ⓘ
historicalScript Ogham script ⓘ
iso639-1Code ga ⓘ
iso639-2Code gle ⓘ
languageFamily Celtic branch of the Indo-European languages ⓘ
Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages ⓘ
legalStatus official EU language since 2007 ⓘ
protected language under the Irish Constitution ⓘ
nativeTo Ireland ⓘ
officialStatus first official language of the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
national language of Ireland ⓘ
recognized minority language in Northern Ireland ⓘ
recognized minority language in the European Union ⓘ
recognizedBy Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
regulator Foras na Gaeilge ⓘ
spokenIn Irish diaspora communities ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Ireland
taughtAs compulsory subject in most Irish schools ⓘ
usedIn Irish education system ⓘ
Irish media ⓘ
Irish public administration ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Gaelic Irish
Early Modern Irish → alsoKnownAs → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Gaelic
O’Flaherty → etymologicalOrigin → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Modern Irish → hasAlternativeName → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaeilge
Modern Irish → hasDialect → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munster Irish
Modern Irish → hasDialect → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Connacht Irish
Irish language → hasEndonym → Irish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaeilge
Barry → hasEtymologicalOrigin → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Gaelic
Kennedy → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Irish language ⓘ
Laurence → hasLanguageOfUse → Irish language ⓘ
Richard → hasLanguageOfUse → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish
Brian → hasOrigin → Irish language ⓘ
Courtney → hasUsage → Irish language ⓘ
Rodgers → hasUsage → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish
Vincent → hasUsage → Irish language ⓘ
Connacht → historicalLanguage → Irish language ⓘ
Irish Catholics → historicalLanguage → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Gaelic
Irish English → influencedBy → Irish language ⓘ
Yola language → influencedBy → Irish language ⓘ
Mc → languageOfOrigin → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish Gaelic
Armagh → languageUsed → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish
Gaelic Ireland → mainLanguage → Irish language ⓘ
Gaelic Ireland → mainLanguage → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Early Modern Irish → partOf → Irish language ⓘ
Middle Irish → partOf → Irish language ⓘ
Early Modern Irish → standardFormOf → Irish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Gaelic
Modern Irish → subclassOf → Irish language ⓘ