Language code: gle

Technical information about ISO 639 language code gle

The table below provides technical details for the Irish language, designated by the gle code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

gle

Name

Official

Irish

Native

Gaeilge

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Ulster IrishConnacht IrishMunster Irish
Related languages
Scottish GaelicManxWelsh
Key facts
Employs initial consonant mutations to mark grammatical featuresEarliest substantial vernacular literature in medieval Europe was composed in IrishA standardized spelling and grammar (An Caighdeán Oifigiúil) was introduced in 1958 to bridge dialect differencesThe oldest attested form, Primitive Irish, survives in Ogham stone inscriptions dating from the 4th–6th centuries CEModern Irish retains a VSO (verb–subject–object) basic word order.
Sample phrase

Dia dhuit, conas atá tú?

Character encodings

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

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The Irish language, identified by the code gle, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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