Finnish and Irish
Countries
European Union, Finland
European Union, Ireland
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Ireland
Second Language
Estonia
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Kiitos
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
haluta
le do thoil
Sorry
Anteeksi
Tá brón orm
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Finland
Connacht
Dialect 2
Rauma
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Munster
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Ulster
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Suomi
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
finnois
irlandais moyen
German Name
Finnisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Irish people
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Celtic
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
finn1318
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional
All Finnish 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 Finnish and Irish dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Irish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Irish Dialects are spoken in different Irish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Irish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish , Munster Irish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Irish Speaking population
Finnish and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Irish on Finnish vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Irish Language Codes
Finnish and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.