Countries
Estonia, European Union
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Finnish
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2718
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1813
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Tere
Dia dhuit
Thank You
aitäh
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Head ööd
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Palun
le do thoil
Sorry
Vabandust
Tá brón orm
Bye
Head aega
Slán
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Connacht
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tartu
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Munster
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Idamurre
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Ulster
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.95 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.10 million1.65 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
eesti keel
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
estonien
irlandais moyen
German Name
Estnisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Irish people
Origin
13th century
c. 750
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Celtic
Branch
Finnic
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Estonian
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
2225
1
120
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Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
et
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
est
gle
ISO 639 2/B
est
gle
ISO 639 3
est
gle
ISO 639 6
est
gle
Glottocode
esto1258
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional