Erse Leid
The Erse leid (Airisch or Airish in Ulster-Scots; Erse: Gaeilge, Gaoluinn, Gaedhlag) is a Celtic leid frae Ireland.
It is sib tae Manx 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.
| Erse | |
|---|---|
| Gaeilge | |
 "Gaelach" in tradeetional Gaelic teep | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈɡˠeːlʲɟə] |
| Native tae | Ireland |
| Ethnicity | Erse fowk |
Native speakers | 73,803 daily speakers in Ireland (2016) 4,166 in Northren Ireland L1 speakers: 141,000 in the EU (2012). L2 speakers: 1,761,420 in the Republic of Ireland (2016), 104,943 in Northern Ireland (2011) |
Early forms | Primitive Erse
|
Staundart forms | An Caighdeán Oifigiúil |
| Laitin (Erse alphabet) Erse Braille | |
| Offeecial status | |
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 |
Recognised minority leid in | |
| Regulatit bi | Foras na Gaeilge |
| Leid codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ga |
| ISO 639-2 | gle |
| ISO 639-3 | gle |
| Glottolog | iris1253 |
| Linguasphere | 50-AAA |
 Proportion o respondents that said thay coud speak Erse in the Republic o Ireland an Northren Ireland censuses o 2011. | |
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.
References
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