IrishGaelicLanguage
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Sigma KEE - IrishGaelicLanguage
IrishGaelicLanguage
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The IrishGaelicLanguage is a GoidelicLanguage of Ireland. SIL code: GLI. ISO 639-1: ga. ISO 639-2: gle. Population: 260,000 fluent or native speakers (1983 census), 13% of the population (1983 census). 13% of the population over 3 claim to be Irish speakers (1981 census). Population total all countries 260,000 or more. Region: Western isles northwest and southwest coasts, Galway, part of Mayo, Kerry, Donegal, Meath, Cork, Waterford, Scotland (Albain), Isle of Mann. Also spoken in Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom, USA. Alternate names: IRISH, ERSE, GAEILGE. Dialects: MUNSTER, CONNACHT, DONEGAL, LEINSTER, ULSTER. Comments: Bilingualism in English. It is taught as an official language in schools and encouraged by the government. National language. VSO. Bible 1685-1989. Also spoken in: United Kingdom. (Language name: GAELIC, IRISH.) Alternate names: IRISH, ERSE. Comments: Grammar. Bible 1685-1989.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instances | CelticLanguage | A CelticLanguage is any of seven closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in the UnitedKingdom, Ireland, and northern France.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| ContentBearingPhysical | Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition. |
| Entity | The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology. |
| GoidelicLanguage | Of the seven InsularCelticLanguages (CelticLanguages), three are classified as a GoidelicLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| HumanLanguage | The subclass of Languages used by Humans. |
| IndoEuropeanLanguage | There are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| InsularCelticLanguage | All seven CelticLanguages are also classified as an InsularCelticLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| Language | A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people. |
| LanguageFamily | A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family) |
| LinguisticExpression | This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words. |
| NaturalLanguage | The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages. |
| Physical | An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time. |
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IndoEuropeanLanguage |
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