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Estonian and Irish


Irish and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Munster  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
150,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Ulster  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
1.65 million  
99+

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  

History

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
22  
20
25  
23

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Estonian and Irish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Estonian and Irish dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Irish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Irish Dialects are spoken in different Irish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Irish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish , Munster Irish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Irish Speaking population

Estonian and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Estonian and Irish on Estonian vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Irish Language Codes

Estonian and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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