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Irish

Gaeilge

At BFSU, Irish is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.

WHERE IT IS SPOKEN

Ireland, United Kingdom

NATIVE NAME
Gaeilge
WRITING SYSTEM
Latin script
AT BFSU
One of 101 languages

LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD

See where Irish connects communities.

LANGUAGE REACH

≈1.3M

Irish is spoken across 2 countries and territories.

No. 83 of 101 languages · No. 59 by territory count

ACROSS CONTINENTS
  1. Europe

    02

    IrelandUnited Kingdom

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

From daily conversation in Ireland and United Kingdom to education, literature and media, Irish carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.

Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.

AT BFSU

A language opens a wider view of the world.

BFSU places Irish within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.

The language is commonly written in Latin script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.

SOURCE TRAIL

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