Alternate Names: Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Dialects: Connacht (Western Irish), Donegal (Northern Irish, Ulster), Munster-Leinster (Southern Irish).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 138,000 in Ireland (ELDIA 2012). Population total all countries: 276,310. L2 users: 1,000,000 in Ireland (ELDIA 2012).
Language Use: A number of children learn the language but the number is decreasing (Salminen 2007). Also use English [eng] (Salminen 2007).
Language Development: New media. Radio programs. Grammar. Bible: 1685–1981.
Typology: VSO.
Spoken In: Ireland
Writing System: Latin, Latin (Gaelic)
Nation of Origin: Ireland
Other Comments: Taught as an official language in schools and encouraged by the government.