Ireland
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Chinese
[zho] A macrolanguage. 7,040 in Ireland (2006 census). Non-indigenous.
English
[eng] Users: 4,761,000 in Ireland, all users. L1 users: 4,470,000 in Ireland (European Commission 2012). L2 users: 291,000 (European Commission 2012). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1937, Constitution, Article 8(2)). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Scattered. Users: 512,540 in Ireland, all users. L1 users: 2,540 in Ireland (2016 census). L2 users: 510,000 (2018). Status: 4 (Educational). Alternate Names: français. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
German, Standard
[deu] Users: 155,460 in Ireland, all users. L1 users: 1,460 in Ireland (2016 census). L2 users: 154,000 (2018 Eurostat). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Deutsch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Irish
[gle] Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, part of Mayo, Meath, and Waterford counties. Western isles northwest and southwest coasts. Users: 1,171,000 in Ireland, all users. L1 users: 141,000 in Ireland (European Commission 2012). L2 users: 1,030,000 (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 1,200,290 (as L1: 170,290; as L2: 1,030,000). Status: 6b (Threatened). Statutory language of national identity (1937, Constitution, Article 8(1)). Alternate Names: Erse, Gaelic, Gaelic Irish, Irish Gaelic. Autonym: Gaeilge. Classification: Indo-European, Celtic, Insular, Goidelic.
Irish Sign Language
[isg] Scattered. Users: 50,000 in Ireland, all users. L1 users: 5,000 in Ireland (2019 Deaf Village Ireland). Approximately 0.1% of the total population. Other estimates: 4,500 (2019 EUD), 21,000 (2014 IMB). L2 users: 45,000 (2014 Deaf Village Ireland). Total users in all countries: 51,550 (as L1: 6,550; as L2: 45,000). Status: 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2017, Irish Sign Language Act 2017), authorized for use and interpretation in courts, schools, and other public bodies. Alternate Names: Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Italian
[ita] Users: 2,210 in Ireland (2016 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian.
Lithuanian
[lit] Users: 1,020 in Ireland (2016 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Baltic, Eastern.
Polish
[pol] Users: 4,030 in Ireland (2016 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Portuguese
[por] Users: 4,620 in Ireland (2016 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Portuguese-Galician.
Romanian
[ron] Users: 2,900 in Ireland (2016 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern.
Russian
[rus] Users: 25,000 in Ireland (Arefyev 2012), all users. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Scots
[sco] Donegal County. Users: 10,000 in Ireland (1999 B. Kay). Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: Ullans, Ulster-Scotch, Ulster-Scots. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Shelta
[sth] Major cities. Users: 27,000 in Ireland (2008 A. Redmond). Total users in all countries: 50,700. Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Bog Latin, Cant, Gammon, Irish Traveler Cant, Sheldru, Shelter, Shelterorch, Tarri, The Cant, Tinker’s Cant, the Ould Thing. Autonym: De Gammon. Classification: Mixed language, Irish-undocumented.
Spanish
[spa] Users: 146,920 in Ireland, all users. L1 users: 2,920 in Ireland (2016 census). L2 users: 144,000 (2018). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
Tagalog
[tgl] Users: 5,850 in Ireland (2006 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Tagalog.