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.
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| Erse |
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| Gaeilge |
 "Gaelach" in tradeetional Gaelic teep |
| Pronunciation | [ˈɡˠeːlʲɟə] |
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| Native tae | Ireland |
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| Ethnicity | Erse fowk |
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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] |
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Early forms | |
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Staundart forms | An Caighdeán Oifigiúil |
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| Laitin (Erse alphabet)
Erse Braille |
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| Offeecial status |
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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 |
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Recognised minority
leid in | |
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| Regulatit bi | Foras na Gaeilge |
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| Leid codes |
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| ISO 639-1 | ga |
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| ISO 639-2 | gle |
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| ISO 639-3 | gle |
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| Glottolog | iris1253[5] |
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| Linguasphere | 50-AAA |
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 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 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.
