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Irish in Ireland

Official language status

Official State language

Language designations:

  • In the language itself: Gaeilge
  • ISO 639-3 standard: gle

Status in the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages:

Irish is not covered by the Charter

The Charter does not cover official state languages

Language vitality according to:

UNESCO Ethnologue Endangered Languages
definitely endangered 3 out of 10 (10 means extinct) endangered

Online resources:

Mercator Regional Dossier:

Mercator Regional Dossier: Irish in Ireland

Language area

Irish, or Gaeilge, is an autochthonous language spoken in the Republic of Irleand and Northern Irlend.

operating instructions

Various functions are available as part of the map.

mouse/touch operation
  • moving by grabbing the map with a mouse-click you can move the map around
  • overview map using the < button in the bottom right of the map you can expand an overview map
  • zooming in and out using the + and - buttons in the top left of the map you can obtain more or less detail in the map
  • switching themes or maps clicking on the ≡ icon on the right-hand side of the map you can view and select available maps and themes
  • retrieving information the map may contain elements that contain more information, by clicking these a popup will show this information
  • fullscreen display using the ⛶ button the map can be maximized to fullscreen display, use the ▢ button to return to page display.
keyboard operation

Keyboard operation becomes available after activating the map using the tab key (the map will show a focus indicator ring).

  • moving using the arrow keys you can move the map
  • overview map using the + button in the bottom right of the map you can expand an overview map
  • zooming in and out using the + and - buttons in the top left of the map or by using the + and - keys you can obtain more or less detail in the map
  • switching themes or maps clicking on the ≡ icon on the right-hand side of the map you can view and select available maps and themes
  • retrieving information the map may contain elements that contain more information, using the i key you can activate a cursor that may be moved using the arrow keys, pressing the enter will execute an information retrieval. press the i or the escape key to return to navigation mode
  • fullscreen display using the ⛶ button the map can be maximized to fullscreen display, use the ▢ button to return to page display.

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lang/irish.1467636841.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/07/04 14:54 by johanneke