Irish
Let an agent describe the Irish language, its dialects, status and history, relay speaker figures and policy from official sources, present language politics with attribution, and point to learning and reference resources.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identify What Irish is.
Definition
Language and dialects.
Definition
Definition.
- What is the Irish language, and what dialects and standard forms exist? definition
- Is the question about Irish, Scottish Gaelic or Hiberno-English? boundary
Status
Status and speakers.
Status
Status.
- What is the official status of Irish, and how many speak it, with sources and definitions? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Structure Grammar and writing.
Grammar
Grammar.
Grammar
Grammar.
- What are the main features of Irish grammar, such as mutations and word order? definition
- Which entry fits Celtic grammar? action
Writing
Orthography and script.
Writing
Writing.
- How is Irish written, and how did the orthography and script change? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
History History and politics.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did Irish develop from Old Irish, decline in the nineteenth century and undergo revival? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of the Irish language? action
Politics
Language politics.
Politics
Politics.
- How are language rights and policy debated in the Republic and Northern Ireland, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Learn Learning and culture.
Learning
Learning resources.
Learning
Learning.
- Which resources exist for learning Irish, and how is it taught in schools? provenance
- Which entry fits Irish-medium education? action
Culture
Literature and media.
Culture
Culture.
- What are the main traditions of Irish-language literature and media? provenance
- Which entry fits Irish literature? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Irish language in Australia, Irish language in the United Kingdom, Irish language in Argentina, Irish language in the Americas, Antrim dialect, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Shelta, Connacht Irish, Munster Irish, Irish language outside Ireland, Ulster Irish
What it is Filled
A Goidelic Celtic language native to Ireland, the first official language of the Republic of Ireland and recognised in Northern Ireland and the European Union, spoken daily by a minority in Gaeltacht regions and learned widely at school; Irish has three main dialects, Ulster, Connacht and Munster, a standardised written form, a literary history from Old Irish of the medieval period, and diaspora communities historically in Britain, the Americas and Australia.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe the Irish language, its dialects, status and history, relay speaker figures and policy from official sources, present language politics with attribution, and point to learning and reference resources.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Initial mutations and VSO word order
- Gaeltacht communities
- Official status and revival policy
- Long literary tradition
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present ability to speak Irish as the same as daily use in figures.
- Treat Irish as a dialect of English or as a dead language.
- Machine-translate official or legal text into Irish and publish it without review by a qualified translator.
- Present debates about language policy as settled.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing translations into Irish for official, legal or educational use.
May
- Help people learn, read and translate Irish, stating the dialect or standard used.
- Report speaker figures with the census or survey and the measure, such as ability or daily use.
Moral aspects Filled
- Irish was suppressed for centuries; how it is treated touches identity and rights in Ireland.
- Poor machine output can damage a minority language's written standard.
Who is affected
- Irish speakers and Gaeltacht communities
- Learners and teachers
- Users of official services
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns a language; its speakers hold it in common, and the state's language bodies set the official standard.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q56433 - registry parent class
related
- Goidelic language - in registry terms
- Celtic language - the family
- Ireland - the Republic
- Scottish Gaelic - a sister language
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.irish
- Wikidata: Q9142 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9142)
- ISO 639-1: ga
- ISO 639-3: gle
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- daily speakers outside education: about 70000-80000 people - Republic census
- people with some ability: about 1.9 million people - Republic census, self-reported
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Goidelic Celtic language of Ireland
- Ulster, Connacht and Munster dialects
- Scottish Gaelic and Manx are sister languages; Hiberno-English is English
- Not a visible object; written in the Latin alphabet, historically in Gaelic script.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe the language, dialects and status
- relay speaker figures with sources
- present language policy and politics with attribution
- point to learning resources
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Conflating ability with daily use in figures
- Presenting language politics as settled
- Ignoring dialect variation
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Constitution of Ireland, Article 8
- Official Languages Act 2003 and amendments
- Identity and Language Act 2022 in Northern Ireland
- EU official language status since 2007, full since 2022
Context of use required Filled
- Communication and cultural identity in Ireland and the diaspora.
- Ulster, Connacht and Munster dialects including the historical Antrim dialect
- the official standard
- Old, Middle and Early Modern Irish
- Irish in Northern Ireland
- Irish in the diaspora in Britain, the Americas and Australia
- Irish as a second language in schools
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q9142: Irish - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Irish language - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each dialect be a separate entry?
- How should census and policy sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming diaspora communities and historical stages; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q9142/spec.json