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1 (National)
English
[eng]
1 (National). Statutory national language (1937, Constitution, Article 8(2)). 3,750,000 in Ireland (Crystal 2003).
4 (Educational)
Scots
[sco]
4 (Educational). 10,000 in Ireland (1999 B. Kay).
6a (Vigorous)
Irish Sign Language
[isg]
6a (Vigorous).
Shelta
[sth]
6a (Vigorous). 6,000 in Ireland. Population total all countries: 86,000.
6b (Threatened)
Irish
[gle]
6b (Threatened). Statutory language of national identity (1937, Constitution, Article 8(1)). 72,000 in Ireland (2006 census). Less than 20,000 L1 speakers (Salminen 2007). Population total all countries: 106,210.
