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Language code: ga

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ga

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The table below provides technical details for the Irish language, designated by the ga code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

ga

Name

Official

Irish

Native

Gaeilge

Family
Celtic
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Munster IrishConnacht IrishUlster Irish
Related languages
Scottish GaelicManx
Key facts
Has two primary initial consonant mutations (lenition and eclipsis)Uses a Verb–Subject–Object basic word orderOrthography distinguishes “broad” vs. “slender” consonants through adjacent vowelsOld Irish texts contain some of the earliest vernacular literature in medieval EuropeModern spelling was streamlined in a 1950s reform that removed many silent letters
Sample phrase

Dia duit, conas atá tú?

Character encodings

ISO 8859-14, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

Irish belongs to the Indo-European language family, specifically the Celtic subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Ireland and is written using the Latin script (Irish alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 1.1 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

Ireland

1.1M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Irish speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

ga-IE – Irish (Ireland)

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