The language of Ireland

1、The language of IrelandAll of information from the website:WCatalogue The key facts about Ireland Henry The origin of language Taylor The history of language Dora The description of language Angela What should we learned in this class? Betty The key facts Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic t

2、o the west of Great Britain. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth. Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland, which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the remaining are

3、a and is located in the north-east of the island. The population of Ireland is about 6.4 million. Just under 4.6 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just over 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland. Irish English The origin of language Two main languages are spoken in Ireland: Irish and Englis

4、h. Irish, now a minority but official language of the Republic of Ireland. It began to be written down after Christianisation in the 5th century and spread to Scotland and the Isle of Man where it evolved into the Scottish Gaelic and Manx languages respectively English was first introduced to Irelan

5、d in the Norman invasion. It was spoken by a few peasants and merchants brought over from England, and was largely replaced by Irish before the Tudor Conquest of Ireland.History1.While Ireland has been settled in BC, however, and the Irish language related records, but always have to wait until the

6、4th century AD about to appear.Is one of the earliest records, existing on the Irish language in a called o f (Ogham) found on special stone.2. In fact, if written literature from the point of view, the Irish have a relatively long history of literature.Bradaigh is considered, the earliest written l

7、iterature can be found in Europe, is in the 8th century BC, written in classical Greek again is around the first century B.C. works written in Latin.The third written literary tradition and Western Europe, in the Irish language writing some of the oral literature.Two main languages are spoken in Ire

8、land: Irish and English. Both languages have widely contributed to literature. Language shift during the 19th century replaced Irish with English as the first language for a vast majority of the population.Less than 10% of the population of the Republic of Ireland today speak Irish regularly outside

9、 of the education system and 38% of those over 15 years are classified as Irish speakers. A lesser status (including recognition under Part II of the Charter) is given to Ulster Scots dialects, which are spoken by roughly 2% of Northern Ireland residents, and also spoken by some in the Republic of I

10、reland.What should we learned in this class? After explaination about Ireland, we knew it is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth. And we also learned the key facts about Ireland. It is divided between the Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom. Except that, from the origin, history, description of its language, we should be aware of importance of the language for the country. Because language of the c