What languages are spoken in Northern Ireland?

Answer 1

English, Gammon, Irish Gaelic and Ulster Scots are the languages spoken in Ireland. Everyone knows English, Irish Travellers speak Gammon and many of the Irish use Gaelic either a little bit or a lot.
Mainly English but in certain parts called the Gaeltacht the original Irish language is encouraged and spoken to try and keep the language alive but 99 percent of the population speak English as their first language
English is the predominant language in Ireland. The native language Irish Gaelic is spoken by 2 or 3% of the population.
Gaelic is the official language of Ireland but the majority of the country speak English as their first language. Outside of that there are immigrants which speak their native tongue such as Polish and the languages taught in schools such as French and German.
English is the primary language, they also speak Irish (a Celtic language), and the languages of recent immigrants.
Ireland has both English and Gaelic was a spoken language.
Irish and English are Ireland's two official languages. English is the most commonly spoken. Some Irish people would have knowledge of other languages, but wouldn't necessarily use them very often, except when travelling.
English and irish would be the expected answers here. I would imagine though that Polish is spoken as often or more often than irish.

Ireland has 2 official languages: Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge), referred to as "the first official language", and English. Laws, etc., are published in both languages but in the event of a legal challenge or interpretation the Irish version has precedence over the English.

Irish is the old native language but we speak English as a first language.

Irish and English.
English and Gaelic , the native language of Ireland .. e.g failte , which means welcome
english
Yes.
most Irish people speak English. A minority speak Irish
nearly all Irish people speak English, and a lot speak Irish too, though it is more prevalent to speak it day to day in the west of Ireland
The official languages of the Republic of Ireland are Irish (also known as Irish Gaelic, as distinct from Scottish Gaelic or the extinct Manx Gaelic) and English. Irish is the first language only in Gaeltacht regions (mostly found in western Ireland) and English is the first language of the majority of the inhabitants of areas like Dublin.

Ullans and Cant are minority languages.

Most Irish people speak English. Some speak Irish and English. A small few speak Gaelic only
English and Gaelic(Irish)
Irish or gaeilge
Irish and English are both official languages but English is used in everyday conversation by most people
Both languages are spoken in Ireland, with the majority speaking English.
in Ireland the main language spoken is English. but Irish/Gaelic is Ireland's native language
Well English for one, but Irish-Gaelic otherwise. I don't know the Irish equivalent but I will try with the Scots version: Eirinn Gaidhligh
The main languages in Ireland are English & Irish Gaelic.
They speck english but in some towns they speck gaeigle
English as our first, and Irish (Gaeilge) as our second. This is not counting the foreign population of recent times. The Irish Travellers speak a dialect among themselves called 'Shelta".
Irish (Gaelic) and English
Most people in Ireland speak English. However, some people in rural Gaeltacht areas in south-west, west and northwest also speak Irish or Gaelic - but not many. There are also some 2nd language speakers in the urban east coast cities Dublin and Belfast.

There is a growing number of primary gaelscoils - schools where Irish is spoken, and young kids learn it.

But there are probably as many Polish and Chinese speakers, with Russian, Arabic and Hausa up there as well.

Engrish
English is the main language and some people speak Irish. They are the two official languages of Ireland. Outside of those there is no real third language spoke by Irish people. Many Irish people can speak other languages, typically some of the other European languages. There are also people from other countries in Ireland who speak their own languages.
English is predominant, but a minority is blingual in Irish and English.
Irish and English are the official langauges of Ireland. Irish is sometimes associated with 'Éire.' English is the predominant speech of the Republic of Ireland.
Ir elands language is Irish, but in Irish it's Gaelic. Some ppl think that the Irish language is the same as English but it's not.
The native language of Ireland is Irish (Gaelic) which is a Celtic language related to Scottish and Manx Gaelic and less closely to Welsh, Cornish and Breton.
Ireland has 2 official languages: Irish (Gaeilge) and English
English but 72,000 people speak Irish as their mother tongue, usually in the Gaelteact regions.
English is the most common languge in Ireland
The official languages of the Republic of Ireland are Irish (Gaelic) and English. The majority speak English (or dialects of English),
English and Irish (Gaelic) are the official languages of the Republic of Ireland, with English being the dominant. People in Irish-speaking communities, Gaeltacht regions, are limited to the low tens of thousands in isolated areas mostly on the western seaboard. According to the 2006 census, 39% of the population regard themselves as being able to speak Irish at a conversational level.
Gaelic
English! Irish is used as a second language!
Irish is the first official language an English is the second official language.
Most people speak English in Ireland, but the dialect is very different. Only 10,000-20,000 people speak Irish daily, but the majority of English speakers also speak Irish well.

The languages are Irish (Gaelic) and English.
The primary language in most areas of Ireland is English, though everyone that's Irish learns the Irish language in school up to the equlivent of G.C.S.E. level. There are some areas in Ireland that still speak Irish exclusively called gaeltacht areas.
English
Irish Gaelic
Irish, or sometimes known as Gaelic.

A term generally used by most is Irish Gaelic. Gaelic is sometime used to refer to the native language of Ireland, but there are three languages in the same family: the native languages of Ireland, of Scotland, and of the Isle of Man. These are the Goidelic languages. See link for more.
English is the most widely spoken language. Irish is also spoken and is the official language.
Constitutionally, the first, official national language is Gaeilge, which originated in Ireland prior to written history and is still taught in Irish schools. Practically, Ireland is a bilingual country with both Gaeilge and English spoken. However, speakers of Gaeilge as a first language, are now in the minority.The term, Irish Gaelic, or simply Gaelic, is still used by some, mostly foreigners, reminiscent of past foreign domination.
Irish and English are Ireland's two offical languages.
Irish and English
Irish
English is the main language spoken but Irish is also an official language.
Irish is the main language to have originated from within the island, while others have been introduced through foreign settlements. Since the late nineteenth century, English has been the predominant first language. A large minority claims some ability to use Irish, even though it is the first language only for a small percentage of the population. Within the Republic of Ireland, under Bunreacht na hÉireann, the Irish constitution, both languages have official status, with Irish being the national and first official language. Other languages are:

Hiberno-English

Mid Ulster English

Scots

Shela

Polish

French

German

Irish Sign Language

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Nearly all Irish people speak English but in the Gaeltacht areas, which are mostly in parts of western Ireland, Irish is still spoken. Irish and English are the two official languages of Ireland. Irish is sometimes referred to as Gaelic, as it is one of the Gaelic languages, and in Irish it is referred to as Gaeilge.
There are some parts of Ireland where 50%+ of the people speak Gaelic, but most everyone you meet will know English as well. Irish is the first official language and is the national language of Ireland. English is the most commonly spoken language. Minority languages include Ulster Scots and Gammon.
There are two official languages, English and Irish Gaelic.
English
The 2 languges are Irish and English.
English is the main language in Ireland. Officially the first language of Ireland is Irish, often referred to as Gaelic by people outside of Ireland. It is only spoken fluently by a minority, predominately along the west coast of Ireland. Irish does feature a lot in everyday things in Ireland such as placenames, names for organisations and public bodies, and some official titles. The head of government in Ireland is know as the Taoiseach (Tee-shock). Other members and institutions of government also have Irish language names. There is a national radio station that broadcasts in Irish and also a national television station. The Irish national anthem is always sung in Irish. The teaching of Irish is compulsory in Irish schools. Some state jobs have a requirement for Irish. As in any country other languages are taught in schools and with an increased immigrant population in Ireland over the past 20 years, more languages are being spoken in Ireland.
Irish and English
Ireland speak English but technically the national language is Irish.
Gaelige (that's Irish in Irish...) and English. Both are listed in the Constitution as official languages.
two Gaelic and English
Dia Duit is Irish for Hello
Irish Gaelic and English.
Irish and English
Officially Irish but majority speak English, also in northern Ireland there is a large ulster Scots community which has its own language
The most widely spoken language in Ireland is English. There is also the Irish language, known Gaeilge, or as people outside Ireland would call it: Gaelic. It is not as widely spoken and in it varies in the different parts of Ireland that it is spoken, in the same that any language is spoken differently in different parts of a country.
Irish (Gaelic) and English
Irish gaelic and english. Though there is a significant eastern E.U. minoirity population in ireland which speak Polish.
the official languages of Ireland are Irish (Gaelic) and English
Irish and english
Irish

English

Ulster Scots

Shelta
English is the most commonly used language but Irish, Gaelic and Ulster Scot are still spoken in some parts.
English or Irish
Some schools in the south only allow speaking in gaelic. But the overall language they speak in the republic is English!
English and Irish.
The primary language of the Irish Republic and N.I. is English. The native language of Ireland is called Irish (Gaeilge) by the Irish and 'Gaelic' by non-Irish. It is a community language in parts of 3 counties today and is a school subject in the Republic. There is government support for the language but its number of speakers is dwindling. There are however Gaelscoileanna (all Irish-language schools) that had had some success. The Irish Traveller communities use a language called Cant/Gammon/Shelta among themselves. Ireland has received many immigrants in recent years and as result you may hear Polish or Mandarin more often than Irish/Gaelic in some places.
English and Irish ("Gaelic") are official. Virtually all Irish speakers can speak English.
Irish first English second
Irish people speak english.
English and Gaelic... The latter is also known as Erse or Irish.
English and Gaelic.

Before the English language was imposed upon Ireland, the Irish spoke Irish Celtic (Gaelic) alternately known as Erse.
English.
Mostly English is spoken but in the 7 gaelteach areas around Ireland it is Gaelic, which is the native Irish language.
A majority of the Irish population speak english, however there are 7 gaelteach areas around Ireland that speak fluent Irish and use it as there everyday language such as Conamara in Co. Galway. The language itself is known as "Gaeilge" meaning "Irish" or Gaelic. Hope I Helped :)
English and Irish
Irish
they speak english.

Answer 2

The most widely spoken language in Ireland is English. There is also the Irish language, known Gaeilge, or as people outside Ireland would call it: Gaelic. It is not as widely spoken and in it varies in the different parts of Ireland that it is spoken, in the same that any language is spoken differently in different parts of a country.

Answer 3

There is no official language in Northern Ireland, but English is the most common language, spoken by more than 98% of the population.

Here is a list of all the most common languages of Ireland:

1. English
   
2. Irish (Gaelic)
3. Ulster-Scots
4. Northern Irish Sign Language
5. Irish Sign Language
6. British Sign Language
7. Chinese (most widely spoken immigrant language)
8. Shelta

Northern Irish Sign Language is the most common sign language of deaf people in Ireland, but Irish Sign language is understood by main older deaf adults, because at one time deaf children were sent to Dublin for education.

Ulster Scots is closely related to English, but it is not spoken by all English speakers in Northern Ireland. It is mainly spoken in Ulster, where it is sometimes known as Ulster Scotch.

Answer 4

English is the main language spoken in Northern Ireland. Therewould also be some Irish spoken in some parts. There would be otherlanguages spoken by natives of other countries who are livingthere.Yes, mostly in rural areas of counties Down, Antrim & Londonderry. People who speak Ulster-Scots tend to call it Ulster-Scotch.Mainly English and Irish but some people do speck other languagesEnglish is the main language in Northern Ireland.English, Irish Gaelic and Ulster Scots Gaelic are all widely spoken and official languages in Northern Ireland.Normally English

Answer 5

The 2 official languages of the Republic of Ireland are:

1. Irish (also called Gaelic or Irish Gaelic)
   
2. English
   

Only about 1% of the population is completely fluent in Irish. Another 25% have some knowledge of the language. Nearly everyone speaks English.

All of the the major and indigenous languages of the Island of Ireland are:

1. Irish
   
2. English
   
3. Ulster Scots
   
4. Irish Sign Language
5. Shelta

Ireland is a diverse country and also has a large number of immigrant languages.

Irish Sign Language (Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann) is the sign language of Ireland, used primarily in the Republic of Ireland. It is also used in Northern Ireland, though British Sign Language (BSL) is also used there.

Irish Sign Language is more closely related to French Sign Language than to British Sign Language, though it has influence from both languages. It has influenced sign languages in Australia and South Africa, and has little relation to either spoken Irish or English.

Answer 6

Irish, which is still spoken in Ireland, but by a minority of the people. Most people speak English, but there are parts of Ireland where Irish is still the first language for people. Irish is taught in schools in Ireland, so most people know some Irish, but are not fluent.

Answer 7

English is the main language spoken in Northern Ireland. There would also be some Irish spoken in some parts. There would be other languages spoken by natives of other countries who are living there.
Yes, mostly in rural areas of counties Down, Antrim & Londonderry. People who speak Ulster-Scots tend to call it Ulster-Scotch.
Mainly English and Irish but some people do speck other languages
English is the main language in Northern Ireland.

English, Irish Gaelic and Ulster Scots Gaelic are all widely spoken and official languages in Northern Ireland.

Normally English

Answer 8

Irish and English are Ireland's two official languages. English is the most commonly spoken. Some Irish people would have knowledge of other languages, but wouldn't necessarily use them very often, except when travelling.

Answer 9

Dublin is a city with people from many nations living in it, so it would be difficult to say how many languages are spoken in Dublin. English would be the main language. Many other languages such as European languages, African languages and Asian languages, would be found spoken in Dublin.

Answer 10

English is the main language and some people speak Irish. They are the two official languages of Ireland. Outside of those there is no real third language spoke by Irish people. Many Irish people can speak other languages, typically some of the other European languages. There are also people from other countries in Ireland who speak their own languages.