Ulster Irish

Ulster Irish
Ulster Irish
Donegal Irish • Ulster Gaelic
Gaeilg Uladh
Pronunciation	[ˈɡeːlʲəc ˌʊlˠuː]
Ethnicity	Irish
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Goidelic Irish Ulster Irish; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Primitive Irish Old Irish Middle Irish Early Modern Irish ; ; ;
Dialects	Western (Donegal); Eastern † (Including Antrim dialect †);
Writing system	Latin (Irish alphabet); Irish Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ga
ISO 639-2	gle
ISO 639-3	gle
Glottolog	done1238
	The Gaeltachtaí
	Percentage of population in each administrative area (Counties in Republic of Ireland and District council areas in Northern Ireland) in Ulster who can speak Irish.

Ulster Irish (endonym: Gaeilg Uladh, Standard Irish: Gaeilge Uladh) is the variety of Irish spoken in the province of Ulster. It "occupies a central position in the Gaelic world made up of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man". Ulster Irish thus has much in common with Scottish Gaelic and Manx. Within Ulster there have historically been two main sub-dialects: West Ulster and East Ulster. The Western dialect is spoken in County Donegal and once was in parts of neighbouring counties, hence the name Donegal Irish. The Eastern dialect was spoken in most of the rest of Ulster and northern parts of counties Louth and Meath.

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